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Bust portrait of a young lady

Maker

(artist)
1815-1881

Title

Bust portrait of a young lady

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

black chalk and oil paint on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 36.1 cm
Width: 29 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.66

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

Dr Carl Robert Rudolf, London (1884-1974); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 10 June 1938; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 6 May 1942 (£9); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 18

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite: "L. [?] d / 3 13". Verso: centre, graphite: "2883", "#17" and circled "Pink"; lower centre, graphite: "Sir John HuyLson [?] Cattondyck knighted / by King James at Theobalds June 15 1624"; lower right, graphite: "Proof"; lower right, graphite: "2. 75".

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