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Group of seven ladies

Maker

(artist)
1763-1804

Title

Group of seven ladies

Date of Production

1778 - 1804

Medium

graphite and grey wash on wove paper, framed in graphite

Dimensions

Height: 9.8 cm
Width: 12.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.633

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords





Provenance

Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 16

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as inlay is secured at all edges to the mount.

Collector's mark: Mount (removed, now cut down and glued to new mount): stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Recto: above each woman in the drawing, graphite: "1 2 3 4 6 5 7"; lower right, brown ink, signed: "Dayes del". Verso: lower right, graphite: "4". Mount (removed, see photo): centre, graphite, Witt number: "633".

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