Study of an arm and hand, and slight portrait study of Dorothy Mason (Lady Brownlow) (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1618-1680
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1656-1687
1618-1680
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1656-1687
Title
Study of an arm and hand, and slight portrait study of Dorothy Mason (Lady Brownlow) (recto)
Date of Production
(?) 1687
Medium
black, red and white chalk (arm study), graphite (portrait) (recto), black, red and white chalk (verso) on blue (now brown) laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 12.6 cm
Width: 24.4 cm
Width: 24.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.949
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's sale, lot 2 (thirty-four studies by Sir Peter Lely &c) or lot 6 (sixteen studies by Lely and Riley); E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (10 shillings, along with RW.948, both as by Wissing); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Sir Godfrey Kneller, National Portrait Gallery, London, 1971-1972
Literature
Sir Godfrey Kneller, National Portrait Gallery, London, 1971-1972
cat. no. 31 (as Wissing)
Chaloner Smith, John, British mezzotint portraits; being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century., London 1884
vol. III, p. 1199, no. 179
cat. no. 31 (as Wissing)
Chaloner Smith, John, British mezzotint portraits; being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century., London 1884
vol. III, p. 1199, no. 179
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: right centre, graphite, artist's hand: "Madam Mason".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right, stamped in black: Thomas Hudson (L.2432). Verso: lower right, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: right centre, graphite, artist's hand: "Madam Mason".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right, stamped in black: Thomas Hudson (L.2432). Verso: lower right, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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