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Portrait of a man (Self-portrait?)

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1786-1863

Title

Portrait of a man (Self-portrait?)

Date of Production

(circa?) 1858

Medium

graphite and brown wash on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 31.9 cm
Width: 24.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.XX.49

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 in 1966; transferred to The Courtauld Gallery from the Witt Library circa 1978

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, graphite, modern hand: “WILLIAM MULREADY. R.A.”. Verso: upper centre edge, graphite: “CI neg L20/3/F (70-72)”.

Stamp: Recto: lower centre, purple ink: "HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H.J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928.”. Verso: lower centre, black ink: “WITT / LIBRARY 1972”.

Collector's mark: none.

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