Frontispiece for 'The Life of Baron Trenck'
Maker
(artist)
1755-1834
1755-1834
Title
Frontispiece for 'The Life of Baron Trenck'
Date of Production
(after) 1826
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown wash, with details added in graphite and white bodycolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 17.5 cm
Width: 14.8 cm
Width: 14.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.770
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: Watermark: Verso, left edge: "J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL / 1826".
Inscription: Recto: upper centre, graphite: “Baron Trenck”; within drawing, lower right, brown ink: “T. Stothard.”; lower centre margin, graphite: “I came to the Neiss, which was a little / frozen entered it with my friend / vol 8 8. or 4”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper centre, graphite: “Baron Trenck”; within drawing, lower right, brown ink: “T. Stothard.”; lower centre margin, graphite: “I came to the Neiss, which was a little / frozen entered it with my friend / vol 8 8. or 4”.
Collector's mark: none.
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