Scissortail Sargeant from Mauritius
Maker
(artist)
1748-1814
1748-1814
Title
Scissortail Sargeant from Mauritius
Date of Production
(circa) 1774 - 1781
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolour, white bodycolour on laid paper, with brown ink and green watercolour framing lines, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 17.5 cm
Width: 25.2 cm
Width: 25.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1958.XX.4663
Mode of Acquisition
Unknown, transfer, before 1958
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
unknown, possibly transferred from the Witt Library
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Backing sheet: right of centre: “VANDER LEY”.
Inscription: Recto, all brown ink, artist’s hand: upper left: “Sparus”; lower left corner: “P. Sonnerat Pinx.”; lower centre: “le Déboiteur de l’Isle de france.”. Verso (backing sheet): lower right corner, graphite: “569.”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto, all brown ink, artist’s hand: upper left: “Sparus”; lower left corner: “P. Sonnerat Pinx.”; lower centre: “le Déboiteur de l’Isle de france.”. Verso (backing sheet): lower right corner, graphite: “569.”.
Collector's mark: none.
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