Standing figure of a youth
Maker
(artist)
1738-1815
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
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
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
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".
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".
Information on this object may be incomplete and will be updated as research progresses. We are particularly committed to addressing any discriminatory or offensive language and ideas that might be present in our records. To help improve this record, and to enquire about images of The Courtauld Gallery Collection, please email gallery.collectionsonline@courtauld.ac.uk. Find out more about using and licensing our images.
____________________________