Group of heads - Prince and Princess of Wales and their children
Maker
(artist)
1792-1871
1792-1871
Title
Group of heads - Prince and Princess of Wales and their children
Date of Production
1870
Medium
graphite on wove paper, with numorous pinholes across the sheet
Dimensions
Height: 26.8 cm
Width: 33.1 cm
Width: 33.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1974.XX.21
Mode of Acquisition
Tom Boase, bequest, 1974 (August)
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Walker Galleries (London); purchased there by Thomas Boase (1898-1974), December 1961, for 22 guineas; Boase Bequest 1974
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto (all within drawing, graphite, artist’s hand, labelling the figures): upper left: "6 Years Months 1870 June - / HRH / Prince Albert Victor"; left of centre: "HRH Princess Louise / 3 Years 4 Months 1870"; centre: "HRH Princess of Wales"; lower left: "P Maud / 1 Years[this crossed out] 2 Years 1870"; lower left centre edge: "5 Years / HRH Prince George"; lower right, number circled: "36 Hayter". Verso: upper left, graphite: "cream / pale brown pink wash / 11 1/2 x 10".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto (all within drawing, graphite, artist’s hand, labelling the figures): upper left: "6 Years Months 1870 June - / HRH / Prince Albert Victor"; left of centre: "HRH Princess Louise / 3 Years 4 Months 1870"; centre: "HRH Princess of Wales"; lower left: "P Maud / 1 Years[this crossed out] 2 Years 1870"; lower left centre edge: "5 Years / HRH Prince George"; lower right, number circled: "36 Hayter". Verso: upper left, graphite: "cream / pale brown pink wash / 11 1/2 x 10".
Collector's mark: none.
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