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Standing woman

Maker

(artist)
1816-1893

Title

Standing woman

Date of Production

(circa) 1853

Medium

graphite, watercolour on wove paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 6.8 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.826.6

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

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

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower right, graphite: "F". 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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