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Dead pheasant

Maker

(artist)
1790-1864

Title

Dead pheasant

Date of Production

(circa) 1825

Medium

graphite, watercolour with some added gum arabic, bodycolour and small areas of scratching out on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 14.8 cm
Width: 19.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1982.JW.11

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

given by the artist to William Beckford (1760-1844) [per recto and verso inscriptions]; Appleby Brothers (London); purchased there by Sir John Witt, London (1907-1982), L. 646a, December 1965; 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. 755

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown watercolour, signed: "W HUNT"; lower centre edge, graphite, artist’s hand: "with W Hunts compliments to Mr Beckford". Verso, upper left, graphite, circled: "89"; upper left, graphite, abraded and hard to read: "12 78 / 12 / 5 Bobin [?]"; upper left and centre, graphite: "W Hunt to W. Beckford".

Inscription: Mount (removed): Recto: lower left, graphite: "1241"

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

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