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Winged female figure with trumpet under a palm tree - illustration to Bowyer's 'History of England'

Maker

(artist)
1752-1845

Title

Winged female figure with trumpet under a palm tree - illustration to Bowyer's 'History of England'

Date of Production

1752 - 1845

Medium

graphite, pen and grey ink and grey wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 18.8 cm
Width: 15.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.961

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

F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (13 shillings, along with G.1952.RW.961); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 47

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre edge, fragment: top of a small Strasburg lily with a small “W” just below the crown (not found in Churchill or Heawood; perhaps a Whatman mark?).

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Verso: upper left edge, graphite: “Smirke / 2_1”; lower left, graphite: “i/.”; lower right, graphite: “15/.”

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