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Young woman with basket

Maker

(artist)
1805-1876

Title

Young woman with basket

Date of Production

1822 - 1827

Medium

black, red and white chalk, pen and brown and red ink, watercolour and bodycolour on blue wove paper, with scratching out

Dimensions

Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 14.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.690

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

Exhibition History

J.F. Lewis R.A. (1805-1876) - Painter of the Desert and Harem, Guildford, 1977

Literature

J.F. Lewis, R.A. (1805-1876): painter of the desert and harem, Guildford House Gallery, 1977
no. 1

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 33

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, black chalk, signed with initials, the date abraded and difficult to read: "J.F.L. / on J.Jun 1823 [or 1822, or 1827]".

Collector's mark: none.

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