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Statue of Hercules on a column, portrait of Lady Jane Grey and sacrificial altar - illustration to Bowyer's 'History of England'

Maker

(artist)
1752-1845

Title

Statue of Hercules on a column, portrait of Lady Jane Grey and sacrificial altar - illustration to Bowyer's 'History of England'

Date of Production

1752 - 1845

Medium

graphite, grey wash and pen and brown ink on wove paper, laid down on a paper support which itself is secured at three corners to the backboard

Dimensions

Height: 33.5 cm
Width: 24.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.963

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

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Related Works

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Provenance

F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (support, lower left), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972

Literature

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

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as drawing can only partially be lifted; none evident in raking light.

Inscription: Verso (hidden, visible via transmitted light): lower left corner: “1”; lower left: “6/[…]”; lower right: “18/5”. Support (historic), Recto: upper right corner, graphite: “56.”; lower centre margin, graphite: “Engraved in Bowyer's Hist: of England- Robt. Smirke R.A. / "Lady Jane Grey".”

Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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