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Man in top hat cleaning fish

Maker

(artist)
1790-1864

Title

Man in top hat cleaning fish

Date of Production

(or after) 1835

Medium

graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 20.8 cm
Width: 12.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1982.JW.8

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

unidentified collector (mark at lower left, not yet found on Lugt); Wren Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir John Witt, London (1907-1982), November 1973; 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. 541

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, lower centre, cut off at lower edge: "[...]ATMAN / [...]835" [as in "J WHATMAN / 1835"].

Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, signed with initials: "WH". Verso: upper left corner, graphite: "697"; upper right corner, graphite, circled: "22"; centre, graphite: "5 x 8 1/8"; centre, graphite, in a square box: "27"; lower right, graphite: "William Hunt". Mount? (removed, recorded in 1987 conservation notes):, "JCN Book Cat. No. 541"; "1899".

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, blindstamped: unclear, perhaps contains a fleur-de-lis? (not yet found on Lugt).

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