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Two seated countrymen

Maker

(artist)
1798-1863

Title

Two seated countrymen

Date of Production

23rd September 1837

Medium

Synthetic black chalk with stumping and white bodycolour on blue-grey wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 8.2 cm
Width: 12.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1954.AH.5.19

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





Notes

Brown mark from stain of unidentifiable material on upper right edge of the page.Offset from this drawing is seen on the verso of the previous page (D.1954.AH.5.18) - light transfer from the friable stumping, brown/black marks mirroring the usage of black chalk, specks of white bodycolour, and a brown mark from a stain of unidentifiable material. The verso of this page shows some offset from the following page (D.1954.AH.5.20) - light transfer from the friable stumping, and brown/black marks mirroring the usage of black chalk.

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 right, black chalk: Sep 23 1837 -; lower right, graphite: 19.

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