Dido and Aeneas
Maker
(artist)
1675-1734
1675-1734
Title
Dido and Aeneas
Medium
graphite, pen and ink (brown), wash (brown) on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down on an old support
Dimensions
Height: 16.2 cm
Width: 11.1 cm
Width: 11.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.776
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
John Chaloner Smith (1827-1895), L.2295; Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, by January 1926 (when published in 'The Connoisseur"); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 50
Baker, C.H. Collins, 'Some Eighteenth-Century Drawings in the Witt Collection' in 'The Connoisseur', January 1926
p. 6
Illus. no. VI
p. 50
Baker, C.H. Collins, 'Some Eighteenth-Century Drawings in the Witt Collection' in 'The Connoisseur', January 1926
p. 6
Illus. no. VI
Inscriptions
Inscription: Verso (hidden under backing sheet, visible via transmitted light): lower centre, pen and brown ink: "Dido + Aineas [sic]" (could be same hand as title on Support Recto).
Inscription: Sir James Thornhill / B.1676 D 1734. //
Inscription: 3__3
Collector's mark: collector's mark of John Chaloner Smith (L.2295)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: Dido and AEneas.
Inscription: Sir Jas Thornhill.
Inscription: Thornhill.
Inscription: [...]er Smith Coll.
Inscription: Sir James Thornhill / B.1676 D 1734. //
Inscription: 3__3
Collector's mark: collector's mark of John Chaloner Smith (L.2295)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: Dido and AEneas.
Inscription: Sir Jas Thornhill.
Inscription: Thornhill.
Inscription: [...]er Smith Coll.
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