'Diplomacy' at the Garrick Theatre
Maker
(artist)
1870-1954
1870-1954
Title
'Diplomacy' at the Garrick Theatre
Date of Production
1893
Medium
graphite, pen and black ink and some scratching out on wove paper with graphite framing lines, laid down on board
Dimensions
Height: 21.7 cm
Width: 27.3 cm
Width: 27.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.XX.3
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
H.J. Cornish Collection; presented to Hampstead Public Library, 1928; transferred to the Courtauld Institute of Art, Witt Library in 1966; transferred to The Courtauld Gallery from the Witt Library circa 1978
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: all black ink, artist’s hand: upper left: ““AND I WILL KILL YOU.!””; upper right: “THE THEFT. / COUNTESS ZICKA. / (MISS OLGA NETHERSOLE)”; centre: “ACT.II.”; lower left: “JULIAN. / (MR FORBES-ROBERTSON).”, and below that: “THE SCENE / BETWEEN JULIAN & HIS WIFE.”; lower centre: “COUNT ORLOFF. / (MR BANCROFT.).”; lower right, signed: “Reginald. / Cleaver.”; lower right corner: “THE WOES OF LADY HENRY FAIRFAX. / (MRS BANCROFT).”. Mount, Recto: lower left, brown ink: ‘“Diplomacy’ at the Garrick Theatre.”; lower right, brown ink: “R. Cleaver”. Mount, Verso: centre, black ballpoint, Witt negative number: “914/7(10)”.
Stamp: Mount, Recto: lower centre edge, purple ink, partially cut off: "HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H.J. CORNISH COLLECTION".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: all black ink, artist’s hand: upper left: ““AND I WILL KILL YOU.!””; upper right: “THE THEFT. / COUNTESS ZICKA. / (MISS OLGA NETHERSOLE)”; centre: “ACT.II.”; lower left: “JULIAN. / (MR FORBES-ROBERTSON).”, and below that: “THE SCENE / BETWEEN JULIAN & HIS WIFE.”; lower centre: “COUNT ORLOFF. / (MR BANCROFT.).”; lower right, signed: “Reginald. / Cleaver.”; lower right corner: “THE WOES OF LADY HENRY FAIRFAX. / (MRS BANCROFT).”. Mount, Recto: lower left, brown ink: ‘“Diplomacy’ at the Garrick Theatre.”; lower right, brown ink: “R. Cleaver”. Mount, Verso: centre, black ballpoint, Witt negative number: “914/7(10)”.
Stamp: Mount, Recto: lower centre edge, purple ink, partially cut off: "HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H.J. CORNISH COLLECTION".
Collector's mark: none.
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