Old man with a walking stick seated in an armchair
Maker
(artist)
1868-1920
1868-1920
Title
Old man with a walking stick seated in an armchair
Date of Production
1897
Medium
graphite, pen and black ink, scratching out and touches of white bodycolour on board, with pinholes along the upper and lower edges
Dimensions
Height: 31.9 cm
Width: 23.2 cm
Width: 23.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.XX.38
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: n/a.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, black ink, signed and dated: “F.H TOWNSEND / 97.”; lower centre, graphite, erased and mostly illegible: “[…] of Waterloo in / My […] Hamilton moutt[?]”. Verso: centre, graphite: “487 / PMB / Moriday” [not found on Lugt but see photo]; lower centre, black ballpoint: “F H. TOWNSEND / pencil / pen & ink / heightened in white / s& d ‘97” and “COURTAULD GALLERIES”; lower left, graphite, Witt negative number: “1026/15(36a)”.
Stamp: Recto: upper right corner, black ink: "WITT / LIBRARY".
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, black ink, signed and dated: “F.H TOWNSEND / 97.”; lower centre, graphite, erased and mostly illegible: “[…] of Waterloo in / My […] Hamilton moutt[?]”. Verso: centre, graphite: “487 / PMB / Moriday” [not found on Lugt but see photo]; lower centre, black ballpoint: “F H. TOWNSEND / pencil / pen & ink / heightened in white / s& d ‘97” and “COURTAULD GALLERIES”; lower left, graphite, Witt negative number: “1026/15(36a)”.
Stamp: Recto: upper right corner, black ink: "WITT / LIBRARY".
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