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The letter writer

Maker

(artist)
1785-1841

(lithographer)
1808-1878

(publisher)
1789-1850

(printer)
1845-1925

Title

The letter writer

Date of Production

1.2.1843

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 46.9 cm
Width: 31.6 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5630.1

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

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Provenance

previous owner: Witt, Robert Clermont (Sir)

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left margin & recto : : David Wilkie //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right margin & recto : : The Letter Writer Contantinople //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right margin & verso : later Witt library stamp : WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : right margin & recto : : D. WILKIE //

Inscription: inscription : printed : right margin & recto : : II. / The Letter Writer, Constantinople. / In the Collection of Lord Charles Townshend. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left margin & recto : : Sketches in Turkey, 1840-I

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin & verso : : I. / Mehemet Ali Pacha of Egypt. / The original sketch in the Possession of the Publishers. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin & verso : : Sketches in Turkey, 1840-I //

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