Head of a horse
Maker
(artist)
1700-1766
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1769-1859
1700-1766
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1769-1859
Title
Head of a horse
Medium
graphite and red chalk on verso of a page of printed text on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 17.8 cm
Width: 15.1 cm
Width: 15.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.921
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
E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (14 shillings, as by Ward); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 59
p. 59
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, signed with artist's initials?:TW.
Inscription: Verso: lower half of page, printed in black, upside down, cut off at left edge, text from a newspaper:Copenhagen, Nov. 11. Our Army is separated. Com- / missions are to be shortly given for raising many new .... They add that King Charles has pass'd the [...] / large his Quarters or to penetrate, as is gi[...] / into the Kingdoms of Valencia and Murcia [...] / Cuenza. (not fully transcribed; Troutman suggested this is a 1711 paper describing the campaign in Roussillon).
Collector's mark: none.
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower half of page, printed in black, upside down, cut off at left edge, text from a newspaper:Copenhagen, Nov. 11. Our Army is separated. Com- / missions are to be shortly given for raising many new .... They add that King Charles has pass'd the [...] / large his Quarters or to penetrate, as is gi[...] / into the Kingdoms of Valencia and Murcia [...] / Cuenza. (not fully transcribed; Troutman suggested this is a 1711 paper describing the campaign in Roussillon).
Collector's mark: none.
Watermark: none.
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