Manuscript notes
Maker
(artist)
1798-1863
1798-1863
Title
Manuscript notes
Date of Production
1831-1833
Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 17.9 cm
Width: 11.4 cm
Width: 11.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1954.AH.2.61
Mode of Acquisition
A.A.D. Harding, bequest, 1954
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
James Duffield Harding (1798-1863) and A.R. Harding; by descent to A.A.D. Harding; gift of A.A.D. Harding, 1954.
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, graphite [orientation inverted]: 61; beginning upper right and filling most of page, graphite: Ram's head for light and / shade - of single objects - / with shadow of horns. / Watteau's works are most remarkable / for his neglect of this fact - of cast / shadows, and hiding folds of- / drapery in shadow - / L'amour au Theatre Francais / remarkable for a dancing figure- / This was Watteau's forte / Berghem on the contrary - / [illegible letter] ...el. Draperies from some of / the French or German works.
Verso: upper right, graphite: Bits of Brumberg.
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