Study for a portrait of William, 8th Earl of Home
Maker
(artist)
1713-1784
1713-1784
Title
Study for a portrait of William, 8th Earl of Home
Date of Production
1713 - 1784
Medium
black and white chalk on blue laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 46.8 cm
Width: 28.8 cm
Width: 28.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1959.WF.4695
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Fund, purchase, 1959
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
John Manning (Mannning Gallery, London); purchased from him via the Witt Fund, 1959
Exhibition History
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
Literature
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
cat. no. 54
cat. no. 54
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: Strasburg bend and lily over "L V G" (matches Churchill 434 - 18th century).
Label: Recto: upper left corner, typewritten in black ink on separate piece of paper glue down: "Earl of LOUDOUN.".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Removed from back of mount and now in object file: "Allan Ramsay / Portrait of William, 8th Earl of Home (d. 1761). / The original picture is still in the possession of the family at the Hirsel, Coldstream. / Black chalk heightened with white, reproduced in Drummond's / "Histories of noble British Families" 1846 Vol II".
Label: Recto: upper left corner, typewritten in black ink on separate piece of paper glue down: "Earl of LOUDOUN.".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Removed from back of mount and now in object file: "Allan Ramsay / Portrait of William, 8th Earl of Home (d. 1761). / The original picture is still in the possession of the family at the Hirsel, Coldstream. / Black chalk heightened with white, reproduced in Drummond's / "Histories of noble British Families" 1846 Vol II".
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