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Two horsemen and an ostler

Maker

(artist)
1785-1841

Copy after
(artist)
1620-1691

Title

Two horsemen and an ostler

Date of Production

1821

Medium

chalk (black, red, blue), watercolour, bodycolour on wove paper, laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 19.9 cm
Width: 25.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.979

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

Jona Baron von Ustinov, London (1892-1962); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 29 October 1935; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 5 December 1935 (£8 and in part exchange, likely for drawings Witt had sold to Colnaghi in September 1935); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 57

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.

Inscription: D Wilkie

Inscription: Cuyp Louvre

Inscription: 5/3

Inscription: 55

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

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