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Young lady writing at a table (recto)
Revellers at a party (verso)

Maker

(artist)
1725-1809

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1708-1776

Title

Young lady writing at a table (recto)
Revellers at a party (verso)

Date of Production

(circa) 1757 - 1770

Medium

graphite on laid paper; loss of lower right corner

Dimensions

Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 19.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.857

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

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. 45

Baker, C.H. Collins, 'Some Eighteenth-Century Drawings in the Witt Collection' in 'The Connoisseur', January 1926
p. 7
Illus. no. X (as by Hayman)

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, upper centre: small imperial crown above letters "GR" (similar to a Pro Patria countermark).

Inscription: Recto: repeated twice (at upper right and lower right edges), graphite, false signature: "F.H.".

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

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