A greyhound and a spaniel
A greyhound and spaniel - line study for 'Portrait of Queen Charlotte' (Courtauld Gallery) (verso)

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Maker

(artist)
1753-1839

Title

A greyhound and a spaniel
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

Object Number

D.1991.XX.1

Mode of Acquisition

Stephen Somerville, purchase, 1991
Arthur Hamilton Lee, bequest, 1947

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

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.

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

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