Horses running (recto)
Maker
Follower of
(artist)
1798-1863
(artist)
1798-1863
Title
Horses running (recto)
Date of Production
1800 - 1899
Medium
black and white chalk (recto), black and white chalk and brown wash (verso), on brown-prepared laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 28 cm
Width: 39.1 cm
Width: 39.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1981.XX.5
Mode of Acquisition
Unknown, 1981
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
discovered in a storeroom in Woburn Square, 1980
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Verso, centre: "MONTGOLFIER / ANNONAY //".
Inscription: Verso: lower left, black chalk: "du temple". Fragment of mount, cut down and now in file, Recto: black ink over graphite: "DELACROIX". Fragment of mount, cut down and now in file, Verso: left, graphite, William Bradford's hand in 1980: "Two horses and a study of horse's head (recto) / Delacroix / Verso W.B. 12/8/80 //"; right, graphite, Lady Witt's hand: "Dessin original de E Delacroix / maquette ayant servie servie pour / l'execution de la Litho / Mephistophels conduisant Faust / au Enfers. //".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower left, black chalk: "du temple". Fragment of mount, cut down and now in file, Recto: black ink over graphite: "DELACROIX". Fragment of mount, cut down and now in file, Verso: left, graphite, William Bradford's hand in 1980: "Two horses and a study of horse's head (recto) / Delacroix / Verso W.B. 12/8/80 //"; right, graphite, Lady Witt's hand: "Dessin original de E Delacroix / maquette ayant servie servie pour / l'execution de la Litho / Mephistophels conduisant Faust / au Enfers. //".
Collector's mark: none.
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