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Design for a trophy

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1734-1789

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1721-1775

Title

Design for a trophy

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

pen and grey ink, grey wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 25.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1984.AB.126

Mode of Acquisition

Anthony Blunt, Art Fund bequest & grant aid, 1984

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords






Provenance

Alister Mathews, Bournemouth (1907-1985); purchased from him by Professor Anthony Blunt, London (1907-1983), n.d.; Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: upper centre edge, fragment: top of a large crown.

Inscription: Verso: left centre, graphite: "T11/4"; lower left corner, graphite, Blunt number: "126". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file), all in graphite: "J.B. De la Fosse / 18-c. Design for a military / trophy / 53-28=61 //"; "75 / item 135 / £15 / P //".

Collector's mark: none.

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