Cartoon of a man wearing a top hat and a clown struggling to carry an enormous book - study for an illustration for Punch
Maker
(artist)
1823-1891
1823-1891
Title
Cartoon of a man wearing a top hat and a clown struggling to carry an enormous book - study for an illustration for Punch
Date of Production
1861
Medium
graphite, pen and black ink on tracing paper, laid down on a paper support
Dimensions
Height: 12.5 cm
Width: 9.7 cm
Width: 9.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1965.WF.4746
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Fund, purchase, 1965 (June)
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Dr Carl Robert Rudolf, London (1884-1974); Gift of Rudolf via the Witt Fund 1965
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right edge, graphite: "Vol. 41 fo. IV.". Support (historic), Verso: lower left corner, graphite, circled: "E.2827.". Mount (removed, now missing, recorded in notes in file), numbered and inscribed by Rudolf: "69 study for tail-piece to preface vol.41".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right edge, graphite: "Vol. 41 fo. IV.". Support (historic), Verso: lower left corner, graphite, circled: "E.2827.". Mount (removed, now missing, recorded in notes in file), numbered and inscribed by Rudolf: "69 study for tail-piece to preface vol.41".
Collector's mark: none.
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