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Two studies of hands

Maker

(artist)
1741-1811

Title

Two studies of hands

Date of Production

(1 February) 1793

Medium

graphite and watercolour on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 10.5 cm
Width: 18.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1955.WF.4608

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Fund, purchase, 1955

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords




Provenance

Witt Fund Purchase 1955

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 47

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, on a longer lip jutting from the lower edge, signed and dated: “JS. Feby 1th. 1793”. Verso: upper centre, graphite: “1 plan mount opening 1/4" from drwg / flat 508 narrow backstge [?]”; lower right, graphite: “6 1/2 x 9 ¾”; lower right corner, graphite: “2269”.

Collector's mark: none.

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