The Laird of Kirtlebrae
Maker
(artist)
1868-1920
1868-1920
Title
The Laird of Kirtlebrae
Date of Production
(circa) 1901
Medium
graphite, pen and black ink, white bodycolour on card
Dimensions
Height: 24.2 cm
Width: 29.9 cm
Width: 29.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.XX.37
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, 1966; transferred to The Courtauld Gallery from the Witt Library circa 1978
Literature
Pemberton, Max (ed.), Cassell's Magazine, May 1901; 31, 6
ill. on p. 694
ill. on p. 694
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Stamp: Recto: right upper edge, black ink: “WITT / LIBRARY 1976”and below that: “EX CORNISH COLLECTION / PRES. TO HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC / LIBRARY 1928.”; lower centre, purple ink: "HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H.J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928"; lower right, purple ink, illegible: “The […]” [see photo in file].
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, graphite: “1 ½ 9 ½ 5 ¼ / ¼ 19/2 2 / 15 / 5”; right centre edge, graphite: “4 ¾ / inches / [arrows] / wide”; lower right corner, graphite, partly erased and now illegible; lower left, graphite, titled: “The Laird of Kirtlebrae / C. Mag” [as in Cassell's Magazine]. Verso: left centre, on a separate piece of red paper formerly adhered and now mostly torn away, black ink: “[…] / WI[…] / SPE[…]”; centre, on an adhered label printed in red ink, filled in with black ink: “Account C. Mag No. 134578 / Name The Laird of Kirtlebrea / Artist F.H. Townsend / Date 20/2/06 [the former crossed out in red ink and replaced in red ink with the following] 9/3/07 and on the same label at upper right in purple ink: “134578” and in the lower left corner in graphite: “P19”; beside the title on the label written in graphite: “Kirtlebrea?”; centre, black ballpoint: “F.H. TOWNSEND / -‘The Laird of Kirtlebr… / pencil / pen & ink / heightened in white” and beside that: “COURTAULD GALLERIES”; left lower edge, black felt pen, former Witt neg. no.: “1026/15(37a)”; lower right, graphite, acc .no.: “D.1978.XX.37”.
Stamp: Recto: right upper edge, black ink: “WITT / LIBRARY 1976”and below that: “EX CORNISH COLLECTION / PRES. TO HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC / LIBRARY 1928.”; lower centre, purple ink: "HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H.J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928"; lower right, purple ink, illegible: “The […]” [see photo in file].
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, graphite: “1 ½ 9 ½ 5 ¼ / ¼ 19/2 2 / 15 / 5”; right centre edge, graphite: “4 ¾ / inches / [arrows] / wide”; lower right corner, graphite, partly erased and now illegible; lower left, graphite, titled: “The Laird of Kirtlebrae / C. Mag” [as in Cassell's Magazine]. Verso: left centre, on a separate piece of red paper formerly adhered and now mostly torn away, black ink: “[…] / WI[…] / SPE[…]”; centre, on an adhered label printed in red ink, filled in with black ink: “Account C. Mag No. 134578 / Name The Laird of Kirtlebrea / Artist F.H. Townsend / Date 20/2/06 [the former crossed out in red ink and replaced in red ink with the following] 9/3/07 and on the same label at upper right in purple ink: “134578” and in the lower left corner in graphite: “P19”; beside the title on the label written in graphite: “Kirtlebrea?”; centre, black ballpoint: “F.H. TOWNSEND / -‘The Laird of Kirtlebr… / pencil / pen & ink / heightened in white” and beside that: “COURTAULD GALLERIES”; left lower edge, black felt pen, former Witt neg. no.: “1026/15(37a)”; lower right, graphite, acc .no.: “D.1978.XX.37”.
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