Portrait of a woman and her four daughters (Maria Cosway?)
Maker
(artist)
1742-1821
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1759-1838
1742-1821
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1759-1838
Title
Portrait of a woman and her four daughters (Maria Cosway?)
Date of Production
(?) 1779 - 1821
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown wash, watercolour on laid paper, all four corners cut
Dimensions
Height: 21.2 cm
Width: 16.8 cm
Width: 16.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.780
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
Label Text
The miniaturist Richard Cosway was an avid collector of old master drawings, and his ability to combine suggestions of the style or costume details of the work of earlier artists such as Van Dyck increased his popularity with contemporary sitters.
Provenance
Foster's [? unclear verso inscription]; F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£2.5); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 13
p. 13
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite: "W Cosway"; lower right, graphite, illegible: "St[?]". Verso: upper centre, graphite, very hard to read, last line underlined: "Foster / N 70 Siging[?] Street / New York[?] Street / Grosvenor Sq".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite: "W Cosway"; lower right, graphite, illegible: "St[?]". Verso: upper centre, graphite, very hard to read, last line underlined: "Foster / N 70 Siging[?] Street / New York[?] Street / Grosvenor Sq".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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