Four figures
Maker
(artist)
1816-1893
1816-1893
Title
Four figures
Date of Production
(circa) 1853
Medium
graphite, watercolour, bodycolour on wove paper, laid down on newsprint and laid down on card
Dimensions
Height: 5.6 cm
Width: 7.1 cm
Width: 7.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.826.3
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Brighton (as recorded by Witt, no further clue to his identity); purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (mount, now removed), n.d. (8 shillings for D.1952.RW.826.1-.9 together); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 36
p. 36
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Secondary support (sandwiched between drawing and backing card, visible via transmitted light): newspaper with some lines legible about “the case” “ Christmas” suggesting it is from the same clipping as that under D.1952.RW.826.3 relating to the trial of Honor and Bridget Stackpole for the murder of James Stackpole. Verso (backing card): centre, inscription erased and now illegible; lower right, graphite: "c". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: under each drawing, graphite: "A B C / D E F / G H I"; lower left, graphite: "D. A,F, - from same sheet / B,H, " " " / E,G, " " " / C,I " " ""; lower right, graphite: "Richard Henry Nibbs / c. 1816 - 1893".
Collector's mark: Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Secondary support (sandwiched between drawing and backing card, visible via transmitted light): newspaper with some lines legible about “the case” “ Christmas” suggesting it is from the same clipping as that under D.1952.RW.826.3 relating to the trial of Honor and Bridget Stackpole for the murder of James Stackpole. Verso (backing card): centre, inscription erased and now illegible; lower right, graphite: "c". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: under each drawing, graphite: "A B C / D E F / G H I"; lower left, graphite: "D. A,F, - from same sheet / B,H, " " " / E,G, " " " / C,I " " ""; lower right, graphite: "Richard Henry Nibbs / c. 1816 - 1893".
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