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Man playing a flute

Maker

(artist)
1790-1864

Title

Man playing a flute

Date of Production

(circa) 1825

Medium

graphite, watercolour, touches of white bodycolour on wove paper, the edges now mottled/browned from a former acidic mount

Dimensions

Height: 33.7 cm
Width: 23.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1982.JW.10

Mode of Acquisition

John Witt, Art Fund bequest & grant aid, 1982

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords





Provenance

Cyril Fry, London (1918-2010); purchased from him by Sir John Witt, London (1907-1982), L.646a, 1968; John Witt Bequest via the Art Fund 1982

Literature

John Witt, William Henry Hunt (1790-1864): Life and Work, with a catalogue (London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1982)
no. 547

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left of centre: "1820".

Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite: "Wtmk 1820".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir John Witt (L.646a).

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