Head of man in cap
Maker
(artist)
1740-1779
1740-1779
Title
Head of man in cap
Date of Production
(circa?) 1775
Medium
black chalk, pen and dark brown ink on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount; two red ink lines, one dotted, run horizontally across the upper edge of the sheet underneath the brown ink drawing
Dimensions
Height: 22.2 cm
Width: 18.9 cm
Width: 18.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.858
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), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
John Hamilton Mortimer A.R.A. 1740-1779, London & England, 10/09/1968-03/10/1968
John Hamilton Mortimer A.R.A. 1740-1779, Eastbourne & England, 06/07/1968-03/09/1968
John Hamilton Mortimer A.R.A. 1740-1779, Eastbourne & England, 06/07/1968-03/09/1968
Literature
Sunderland, John, John Hamilton Mortimer: his life and works, Walpole Society, 1986 (LII), 96.10
no. 249
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 35
no. 249
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 35
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none in the drawing sheet. Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre: "J WHATMAN".
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: upper right corner, graphite: "77"; lower left edge, graphite: "J. H. Mortimer". Mount (historic), Verso: centre, graphite: "1/".
Collector's mark: none.
Label: Detached from old mount, now kept separately from file, handwritten in pencil: "Mortimer / D 118.13".
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: upper right corner, graphite: "77"; lower left edge, graphite: "J. H. Mortimer". Mount (historic), Verso: centre, graphite: "1/".
Collector's mark: none.
Label: Detached from old mount, now kept separately from file, handwritten in pencil: "Mortimer / D 118.13".
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