Indur lies injured beneath a tree and looks up at the fairy Perizinda - illustration for 'Evenings at Home'
Maker
(artist)
1755-1834
1755-1834
Title
Indur lies injured beneath a tree and looks up at the fairy Perizinda - illustration for 'Evenings at Home'
Date of Production
(circa) 1796
Medium
pen and grey ink, grey wash, details added in graphite and white bodycolour on wove paper, with graphite framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 24.7 cm
Width: 18.7 cm
Width: 18.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.769
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), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 48
p. 48
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper centre edge, graphite: “Evenings at Home”; within drawing, lower left corner, grey ink: “T. Stothard.”; lower centre margin, graphite: “And looking up, he beheld, on the bough where he had placed the monkey / a beautiful woman-“; lower right edge, graphite: “Transmigrations of Indur-”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper centre edge, graphite: “Evenings at Home”; within drawing, lower left corner, grey ink: “T. Stothard.”; lower centre margin, graphite: “And looking up, he beheld, on the bough where he had placed the monkey / a beautiful woman-“; lower right edge, graphite: “Transmigrations of Indur-”.
Collector's mark: none.
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