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Figure studies, including Josiah (?) (for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London?)

Maker

(artist)
1675-1734

Title

Figure studies, including Josiah (?) (for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London?)

Date of Production

(circa) 1715 - 1721

Medium

graphite, pen and ink (brown), wash (brown and grey) on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 18.6 cm
Width: 27.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.809

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







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Provenance

Horace Walpole, Strawberry Hill (1717-1797); Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Sir James Thornhill, Guildhall Art Gallery, London, 04/06/1958-10/07/1958

Loan exhibition of Dorset artists of the past, County Museum, Dorchester, 22/12/1933-27/01/1934

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 50

Loan exhibition of works by Dorset artists of the past, County Museum, Dorchester, 1933-1934
no. 3

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre, difficult to see due to ink on recto: "P" [? could be match to Heawood 3020 - Amsterdam 1702].

Inscription: Recto: upper centre edge, brown ink: “Josiah”; lower left, graphite: “Studies for the Dome of St Paul”; lower right, graphite, very faded or erased: “Sir James Thornhill R.A. / 1678-1734 / Sir [...]”. Verso: lower left corner, graphite: “#6”; lower right edge, graphite: “Strawberry Hill / Collection”.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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