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Hen and cock smoking a cigar and carrying a walking stick, facing a toucan under a parasol

Maker

Howard Somerville (artist)
1873-1952

Title

Hen and cock smoking a cigar and carrying a walking stick, facing a toucan under a parasol

Date of Production

1873 - 1952

Medium

traces of graphite, pen and black ink, black and grey wash on paper, laid down on card, with black ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 19 cm
Width: 31.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.XX.20

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1978 (circa)

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords






Provenance

Witt Library, The Courtauld Institute of Art; transferred to The Courtauld Gallery circa 1978

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, black ink over graphite, signed: “HOWARD SOMERVILLE”. Verso: centre, graphite, artist’s hand?: “Howard Somerville / 20 Alderney St / S.W.”; lower centre, black ballpoint, Witt neg. no.: “747/57(18) / Coll: WITT LIBRARY” and below that in graphite: “17.7 x 30.1 / pen & ink”.

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