Design for a monument - column surmounted by a bust
Maker
Richard Westmacott, II (artist)
1775-1856
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
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
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.
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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