Man in top hat cleaning fish
Maker
(artist)
1790-1864
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
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
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).
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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