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Profile portrait head and caricature of the same man holding a club dressed as a savage - caricature of a Savage Club member (recto)
Maker
Bert Thomas (artist)
1883-1966
G.E. Studdy (artist)
1878-1948
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1900-1999
1883-1966
G.E. Studdy (artist)
1878-1948
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1900-1999
Title
Profile portrait head and caricature of the same man holding a club dressed as a savage - caricature of a Savage Club member (recto)
Date of Production
1914
Medium
graphite on card (on back of printed menu)
Dimensions
Height: 30.6 cm
Width: 23.6 cm
Width: 23.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.XX.43
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1978 (circa)
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
© Reserved
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
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Stamp: Verso: lower centre, purple ink: "HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H.J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: left centre, graphite, signed: “BERT / ThomAS”; right centre edge, graphite: “YE / SAVAGE / AND YE / CLUB”; lower left edge, graphite, acc. no. and former Witt negative no.: “D.1978.XX.[“52”crossed out]43 / 1026/17(26a)”. Verso: right side of card, printed in black: “SAVAGE CLUB / HOUSE DINNER Feby 7th. 1914 / MENU / SOUP / TOMATO / FISH / TURBOT Sauce Hollandaise / REMOVES / SADDLE of MUTTON, Red Currant Jelly / ROAST WILD DUCK Portwine Sauce / Orange Salad / VEGETABLES / BRUSSEL SPROUTS, POTATOES / SWEETS / MAIDS of HONOUR, MÉRINGUES / SAVORY / PARMESAN STRAWS & BISCUITS”; lower left corner, printed in black open letters: “T. EYRE. MACKLIN / IN THE CHAIR”; lower centre, printed in black, signed and dated: “GEStuddy / /14”; lower left, graphite: “G.E. STUDDY”; lower left corner, graphite, former Witt negative no.: “1026/17(25a)”.
Stamp: Verso: lower centre, purple ink: "HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H.J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: left centre, graphite, signed: “BERT / ThomAS”; right centre edge, graphite: “YE / SAVAGE / AND YE / CLUB”; lower left edge, graphite, acc. no. and former Witt negative no.: “D.1978.XX.[“52”crossed out]43 / 1026/17(26a)”. Verso: right side of card, printed in black: “SAVAGE CLUB / HOUSE DINNER Feby 7th. 1914 / MENU / SOUP / TOMATO / FISH / TURBOT Sauce Hollandaise / REMOVES / SADDLE of MUTTON, Red Currant Jelly / ROAST WILD DUCK Portwine Sauce / Orange Salad / VEGETABLES / BRUSSEL SPROUTS, POTATOES / SWEETS / MAIDS of HONOUR, MÉRINGUES / SAVORY / PARMESAN STRAWS & BISCUITS”; lower left corner, printed in black open letters: “T. EYRE. MACKLIN / IN THE CHAIR”; lower centre, printed in black, signed and dated: “GEStuddy / /14”; lower left, graphite: “G.E. STUDDY”; lower left corner, graphite, former Witt negative no.: “1026/17(25a)”.
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