A greyhound and a spaniel
A greyhound and spaniel - line study for 'Portrait of Queen Charlotte' (Courtauld Gallery) (verso)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld
Image: Courtauld
Maker
(artist)
1753-1839
1753-1839
Title
A greyhound and a spaniel
A greyhound and spaniel - line study for 'Portrait of Queen Charlotte' (Courtauld Gallery) (verso)
A greyhound and spaniel - line study for 'Portrait of Queen Charlotte' (Courtauld Gallery) (verso)
Date of Production
(circa) 1812
Medium
black chalk and oil paint (recto and verso) on laid paper, the left edge and upper corner made up
Dimensions
Height: 35.5 cm
Width: 58.2 cm
Width: 58.2 cm
Object Number
D.1991.XX.1
Mode of Acquisition
Stephen Somerville, purchase, 1991
Arthur Hamilton Lee, bequest, 1947
Arthur Hamilton Lee, bequest, 1947
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Verso, left upper edge, cut off: "FIN DE / [...]OFTOOL[...] / ANNOTA[...]" (not found in Heawood).
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown paint, signed with artist’s initials: “WB”. Verso: lower centre edge, dark brown ink: “The Greyhound was the favorite dog / of Frederick the Great of Prussia”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown paint, signed with artist’s initials: “WB”. Verso: lower centre edge, dark brown ink: “The Greyhound was the favorite dog / of Frederick the Great of Prussia”.
Collector's mark: none.
Provenance
Colnaghi (London); purchased there by John Woodward, formerly of the Ashmolean and Birmingham Museums; purchased from him by Stephen Somerville (London); purchased from him by The Courtauld with the assistance of the Friends of the Courtauld, 1991
Information on this object may be incomplete and will be updated as research progresses. We are particularly committed to addressing any discriminatory or offensive language and ideas that may be present in our records.
We are also continuously working to digitise the collection and improve the quality of our digital resources; images will be added/updated as new photography becomes available.
To help improve this record and to enquire about images of the Courtauld Gallery Collection, please email gallery.collectionsonline@courtauld.ac.uk.
Find out more about using and licensing our images.
____________________________