Study of a man's hand
Maker
(artist)
1694-1739
1694-1739
Title
Study of a man's hand
Medium
black and white chalk on brown laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 39.5 cm
Width: 25.6 cm
Width: 25.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.915
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), L.2228b, before January 1926 (£1.5); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Exhibition of Stuart Drawings, Red Lodge, Bristol, 12/06/1952-12/07/1952
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
catalogue untraced, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1932 ...More
catalogue untraced, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1924 ...Less
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
catalogue untraced, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1932 ...More
catalogue untraced, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1924 ...Less
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 53
Grigson, Geoffrey, English drawings from Samuel Cooper to Gwen John, London, Thames and Hudson, 1955
no. 11
Illus. repr.
Exhibition of Stuart Drawings, Red Lodge, Bristol, 1952
cat. no. 53 ...More
Woodward, John O., Tudor and Stuart Drawings, London: Faber and Faber, 1951
Baker, C.H. Collins, 'Some Eighteenth-Century Drawings in the Witt Collection' in 'The Connoisseur', January 1926
p. 3
Illus. no. I ...Less
p. 53
Grigson, Geoffrey, English drawings from Samuel Cooper to Gwen John, London, Thames and Hudson, 1955
no. 11
Illus. repr.
Exhibition of Stuart Drawings, Red Lodge, Bristol, 1952
cat. no. 53 ...More
Woodward, John O., Tudor and Stuart Drawings, London: Faber and Faber, 1951
Baker, C.H. Collins, 'Some Eighteenth-Century Drawings in the Witt Collection' in 'The Connoisseur', January 1926
p. 3
Illus. no. I ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, centre: a crowned coat-of-arms containing letters: "CAR / REX" (see tracing in object file; not found in Churchill or Heawood but appears online in 18th-century drawings by artists like Lancret and Gravelot).
Inscription: Jno [the 'o' superscript] V
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Thomas Hudson (L.2432).
Inscription: 915 / V.D.Banck //
Inscription: Illustrated in Connoisseur 1926 / " " Tudor & Stuart Drawings. Woodward. 1951 / Exhibited. Burlington Fine Arts Club 1924-5 / " Ashmolean Museum Oxford 1932 / " V&A 1943 / " Bristol 1952 / P / 915 //
Inscription: John van der Banck / Signed / Coll. Thomas Hudson //
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: Jno [the 'o' superscript] V
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Thomas Hudson (L.2432).
Inscription: 915 / V.D.Banck //
Inscription: Illustrated in Connoisseur 1926 / " " Tudor & Stuart Drawings. Woodward. 1951 / Exhibited. Burlington Fine Arts Club 1924-5 / " Ashmolean Museum Oxford 1932 / " V&A 1943 / " Bristol 1952 / P / 915 //
Inscription: John van der Banck / Signed / Coll. Thomas Hudson //
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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