Study for a group portrait
Maker
(artist)
1694-1739
1694-1739
Title
Study for a group portrait
Medium
black and white chalk on blue laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 41 cm
Width: 27.1 cm
Width: 27.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.913
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
Thomas Hudson, London (1701-1779), L.2432; possibly his estate sale, Langford (Covent Garden), 15-27 March 1779, first night, lot 7 (twenty studies by Vanderbank), or second night, lots 1 (thirty sketches by Vanderbank) or 2 (forty ditto); E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (£3); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 53
p. 53
Inscriptions
Inscription: Verso: left centre edge, graphite, Witt number: 913 VanderBanck.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right, stamped in black: Thomas Hudson (L.2432).
Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right, stamped in black: Thomas Hudson (L.2432).
Watermark: none.
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