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Horses running (recto)

Maker

Follower of
(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

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.

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