Young man, seated, holding a riding crop
Maker
(artist)
1725-1809
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1708-1776
1725-1809
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1708-1776
Title
Young man, seated, holding a riding crop
Date of Production
(circa) 1754
Medium
red and black chalk on brown-prepared laid paper, the upper corners cut, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 21.1 cm
Width: 15.8 cm
Width: 15.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.968
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), L.2228b, by 1935 (£4.2); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
A collection of pictures, drawings, furniture and objets d'art, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1924-25
?, Vienna, 1924-25
A collection of pictures, drawings, furniture and objets d'art, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1924-25
?, Vienna, 1924-25
Literature
Razzall, Rosie, 'Sandby copying Gainsborough: sharing, sociability, and self-fashioning' in 'Master Drawings', Summer 2020 - pp. 226-46; vol. 58, no. 2
p. 239
Fig. 24 on p. 239
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 12
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 45 ...More
Witt, Robert, 'Some Old Master Drawings of the English School' in 'The Antique Collector', December 1935
as by Hayman ...Less
p. 239
Fig. 24 on p. 239
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 12
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 45 ...More
Witt, Robert, 'Some Old Master Drawings of the English School' in 'The Antique Collector', December 1935
as by Hayman ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left of centre: line of small text but unable to read clearly.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, very faint and mostly visible only as incised lines with raking light, a false signature or erroneous attribution: "F. Hayman.". Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, brown ink: "F. Hayman, 1708-1776.".
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black and gone over in pen and grey ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, very faint and mostly visible only as incised lines with raking light, a false signature or erroneous attribution: "F. Hayman.". Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, brown ink: "F. Hayman, 1708-1776.".
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black and gone over in pen and grey ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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