Portrait of an old lady
Maker
(artist)
1739-1808
1739-1808
Title
Portrait of an old lady
Date of Production
1739 - 1808
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash and watercolour on laid paper prepared with a brown wash, cut into an oval and laid down on a support also prepared with a (darker) brown wash and cut into an oval; a pinhole is at the upper centre edge of the drawing
Dimensions
Height: 16.3 cm
Width: 12.3 cm
Width: 12.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.761
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
Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£4); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 24
p. 24
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, Support (the artist's?): right centre edge, fragment: crown from a Strasburg lily.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower centre edge, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower centre edge, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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