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Portrait of a Black girl

Maker

(artist)
1790-1864

Title

Date of Production

1830 - 1835

Medium

graphite, white bodycolour and black ink wash (in hair), on light brown wove paper (examined under microscope with Paper Conservator; unable to see evidence of any scratching out in the eyes)

Dimensions

Height: 22.1 cm
Width: 16.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1982.JW.15

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

possibly Colnaghi (London), acquired in October/November 1956 [indicated by inventory number on verso, though Colnaghi's numbers were not usually followed by a letter, as the number is here]; Christie's (London), 21 July 1981, lot 288; purchased there by Sir John Witt, London (1907-1982); John Witt Bequest via the Art Fund 1982

Exhibition History

Courtauld Connects Regional Programme: The Artful Line: Drawings from the Harris collection and The Courtauld Gallery, The Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, 15/02/2020-18/10/2020

Pictures of Innocence - Children in Portraits from Hogarth to
Lawrence, Holburne Museum of Art & Bath & England, 22/03/2005-19/06/2005

Literature

Pictures of Innocence: Portraits of Children from Hogarth to Lawrence, Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, 2005
no. 63
ill. on p. 94

John Witt, William Henry Hunt (1790-1864): Life and Work, with a catalogue (London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1982)
no. 551

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, graphite, signed: "W. HUNT.". Verso: upper right, graphite: "5"; lower right, graphite, erased, hard to read: "D. Cox [?] [illegible word]"; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi no. [? usually not followed by a letter as here]: "A21733F". Mount (removed, recorded in 1987 conservation notes): "2135". Back board (removed, recorded in 1987 conservation notes): "B Z134".

Collector's mark: none.

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