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Profile head of woman wearing a large cap (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1755-1834

Title

Profile head of woman wearing a large cap (recto)

Date of Production

1755 - 1834

Medium

black and red chalk on laid paper; a strong red chalk offset on the verso suggests this was kept in an album of similar drawings

Dimensions

Height: 16 cm
Width: 9.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.708.2

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. (with D.1952.RW.708.1); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 27

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, lower left corner, fragment: "GR" flanked by feathered leaves (similar to Churchill 151 though not a match; RW.707.1 seems to have the crown that would have sat above this mark, so these were both likely cut from a sheet with a Pro Patria mark and countermark. Same mark is also on RW.709.2).

Inscription: none.

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

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