Lassoing a stag
Maker
(artist)
1863-1937
1863-1937
Title
Lassoing a stag
Date of Production
1888
Medium
graphite, pen and black ink on wove paper prepared with a white chalky base and printed half-tone surface, with scratching out, laid down on card
Dimensions
Height: 12.9 cm
Width: 12.8 cm
Width: 12.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.XX.34
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
transferred to the Courtauld Gallery from the Witt Library 1978
Literature
'A Day with Primeval Man' in 'The Universal Review', Jan-April 1889 - 303-316; 3
ill. on p. 303
ill. on p. 303
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none. Joseph Pennell in 'Pen Drawing and Pen Draughtsmen: their work and methods', 1920, IDs this paper as papier Gillot or Ross paper (see notes in file for further information).
Inscription: Recto (within drawing): right centre, black ink, signed with artist's initials: “C / H / S”. Verso: upper left, graphite, abraded and cut off: “Reduire de mor[...]”; upper centre, graphite, acc. no. (though incorrect): “xx 35”; upper right, graphite: “24861”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto (within drawing): right centre, black ink, signed with artist's initials: “C / H / S”. Verso: upper left, graphite, abraded and cut off: “Reduire de mor[...]”; upper centre, graphite, acc. no. (though incorrect): “xx 35”; upper right, graphite: “24861”.
Collector's mark: none.
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