Portrait of a boy
Maker
(artist)
1738-1815
1738-1815
Title
Portrait of a boy
Date of Production
(circa?) 1776
Medium
black and white chalk on blue laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 18.7 cm
Width: 16.8 cm
Width: 16.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.919
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
possibly by descent to John Singleton Copley, Jr., Lord Lyndhurst; possibly in his sale, Christie's (London), 26 - 27 February 1864, lot 669; purchased there by Dr H. (?); E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, c. 1924 (£3.5); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Tate Britain Displays (Winter 2016-Spring 2017), Tate Britain, London, 01/12/2016-01/03/2017
Pictures of Innocence - Children in Portraits from Hogarth to
Lawrence, Holburne Museum of Art & Bath & England, 22/03/2005-19/06/2005
British painting, Leger Galleries, London, 04/05/1989-02/06/1989 ...More
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
John Singleton Copley: American portraits in oil, pastel and miniature. With biographical sketches., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 01/02/1938-15/03/1938
Exhibition of the works of some neglected English masters, c.1750-c.1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1932 ...Less
Pictures of Innocence - Children in Portraits from Hogarth to
Lawrence, Holburne Museum of Art & Bath & England, 22/03/2005-19/06/2005
British painting, Leger Galleries, London, 04/05/1989-02/06/1989 ...More
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
John Singleton Copley: American portraits in oil, pastel and miniature. With biographical sketches., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 01/02/1938-15/03/1938
Exhibition of the works of some neglected English masters, c.1750-c.1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1932 ...Less
Literature
Pictures of Innocence: Portraits of Children from Hogarth to Lawrence, Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, 2005
no. 49
Illus. p. 83
Bull, Duncan, 'Review: Old Master Paintings and Drawings. London', in Burlington Magazine, August 1989
p. 572
see PDF
Gidley, Mick, A catalogue of American paintings in British public collection, Exeter: University of Exeter, 1974
p. 15 ...More
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 13
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 5
Exhibition of the works of some neglected English masters, c.1750-c.1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1932
cat. no. 147 ...Less
no. 49
Illus. p. 83
Bull, Duncan, 'Review: Old Master Paintings and Drawings. London', in Burlington Magazine, August 1989
p. 572
see PDF
Gidley, Mick, A catalogue of American paintings in British public collection, Exeter: University of Exeter, 1974
p. 15 ...More
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 13
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 5
Exhibition of the works of some neglected English masters, c.1750-c.1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1932
cat. no. 147 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower centre edge, graphite, Witt number: "919 Copley".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower centre edge, graphite, Witt number: "919 Copley".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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