Wealthy patron in his picture gallery
Maker
(artist)
1861-1945
1861-1945
Title
Wealthy patron in his picture gallery
Date of Production
executed :
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 23.9 cm
Width: 18 cm
Width: 18 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5279
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
patron
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower left within image, printed: Bernard Partridge.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: Wealthy Parvenu (showing his Picture Gallery). "NOW I WANT TO SHOW YOU MY LATEST PURCHASE. WHAT D'YE THINK O'THAT, / EH? - TITIAN, MY BOY!" / Guest (aside, to fair neighbour). "AHEM! - REPE-TITION, I SHOULD SAY."
Stamp: Recto: lower right on old Witt mount, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY 1979
Inscription: inscription : stamped : lower centre on old Witt mount & recto : later Hampstead Library stamp : HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H. J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: Wealthy Parvenu (showing his Picture Gallery). "NOW I WANT TO SHOW YOU MY LATEST PURCHASE. WHAT D'YE THINK O'THAT, / EH? - TITIAN, MY BOY!" / Guest (aside, to fair neighbour). "AHEM! - REPE-TITION, I SHOULD SAY."
Stamp: Recto: lower right on old Witt mount, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY 1979
Inscription: inscription : stamped : lower centre on old Witt mount & recto : later Hampstead Library stamp : HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H. J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928.
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