Winged female figure with trumpet under a palm tree - illustration to Bowyer's 'History of England'
Maker
(artist)
1752-1845
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
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
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/.”
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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