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Standing figure of a youth

Maker

(artist)
1738-1815

Title

Standing figure of a youth

Date of Production

(circa?) 1776

Medium

black and white chalk on blue laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 22.8 cm
Width: 17 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.920

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 (£2.1); Witt Bequest 1952 See Brief Description.

Exhibition History

Tate Britain Displays (Winter 2016-Spring 2017), Tate Britain, London, 01/12/2016-01/03/2017

British painting, Leger Galleries, London, 04/05/1989-02/06/1989

John Singleton Copley: American portraits in oil, pastel and miniature. With biographical sketches., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 01/02/1938-15/03/1938

Literature

Gidley, Mick, A catalogue of American paintings in British public collection, Exeter: University of Exeter, 1974
p. 15

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 13

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

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

Inscription: Recto: upper right, black chalk, illegible: "WH / [?]om / T[...]"; right centre, black chalk, illegible: "for[?] / [...]". Verso: lower centre edge, graphite, Witt number: "920 Copley".

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