Dead pheasant
Maker
(artist)
1790-1864
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
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
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).
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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