Bust portrait of a young lady
Maker
(artist)
1815-1881
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
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
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".
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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