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Portrait of an old lady

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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).

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