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Old man with a walking stick seated in an armchair

Maker

(artist)
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

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".

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