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Portrait of Abram Jacob Messir

Maker

(artist)
1785-1841

(lithographer)
1808-1878

(publisher)
1789-1850

(printer)
1845-1925

Title

Portrait of Abram Jacob Messir

Date of Production

1.2.1843

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 42.3 cm
Width: 30 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5630.13

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






Provenance

previous owner: Witt, Robert Clermont (Sir)

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left margin inside image & recto : : Portrait of Abram Jacob Messir. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin inside image & recto : : David Wilkie ft, Janry 27, Smyrna - //

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

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper centre & verso : : D. WILKIE //

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper centre & verso : : XV. / The Armenian Dragoman of Mr. Abbott, Smyrna. / In the Collection of Lord Francis Egerton. //

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

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