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Wealthy patron in his picture gallery

Maker

(artist)
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

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.

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