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Study for a portrait - female figure sacrificing

Maker

(artist)
1734-1802

Title

Study for a portrait - female figure sacrificing

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink on laid paper; left centre edge made up

Dimensions

Height: 18.1 cm
Width: 10.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.WF.4592

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Fund, purchase, 1952 (July)

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords



Provenance

Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Colnaghi (London); purchased there by the Courtauld Institute in July 1952 via the Witt Fund for £16

Exhibition History

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

Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966

Literature

Alex Kidson, George Romney: A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings (Yale University Press: New Haven & London, 2015)
p. 612-4
no. 1380
Refers to potential associated finished painting, Miss Elizabeth Warren as Hebe

Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
cat. no. 55

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 42

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre: imperial crown surmounted by a cross, above letters: "GR" (often seen, e.g., as countermark to Pro Patria).

Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite, faded: "Every_".

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

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