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Design for a monument - column surmounted by a bust

Maker

Richard Westmacott, II (artist)
1775-1856

Title

Design for a monument - column surmounted by a bust

Medium

graphite, pen and grey-brown ink, brown, grey and green wash on wove paper with grey-brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 34.6 cm
Width: 24.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.637

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), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 56

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower left, grey ink: Richd Westmacott..

Inscription: Recto: left centre margin, grey ink: whole height [illegible word] 16.4 or 6.

Inscription: Recto: scale going up right margin from bottom to top, grey ink: 2.9 * 1.3 *4* 6.10 6 5 1/2 * 4.0 feet.

Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite, Witt number: 637.

Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite: Sir Richard Westmacott / R.A. / op 1797-1839 .

Collector's mark: none.

Watermark: none.

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