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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1961.46
People
William Etty, British (York, England 1787 - 1849 York, England)
Previously attributed to Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix, French (Charenton Saint-Maurice France 1798 - 1863 Paris France)
Title
Study for "The Combat"
Other Titles
Alternate Title: The Combat: Woman Pleading for the Vanquished - an Ideal Group
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1821-c. 1825
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228028

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
43.2 × 53.3 cm (17 × 21 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
C. W. [?] Wass, 1849. Possibly Charles Wass, London dealer?
G. R. Burnett, ?, Sold to Long at Christie's, London, 1882.
Long, London?, Purchased from G. R. Burnett at Christie's, Lond, 1882. The painting was no. 99 in the Burnett sale. Long paid 10 guineas (£10.50)
G. R. Burnett, London, Sold to Schroeder at Christie's, London, 1908.
Schroedel Verlag, London?, Purchased from Burnett at Christie's, London, 1908. Object was no. 274 in Burnett sale. Sold as The Combat, 25 1/2 x 30", possibly including frame. Schroeder paid 14 guineas (£14.70)
Briton Rivière, London, Sold to "Bunny" at Riviere estate sale, 1920.
Bunny, London?, Purchased at Rivière sale, Christie's, London, 1920. The work was no. 35 in the sale; Bunny paid 14 guineas (£14.70). Bunny may have been a code name for the purchaser.
Leonard G. Duke, London?, 1952.
Appleby Bros., London, Purchased from Duke?, 1952, 1953.
Julius H. Weitzner, New York, NY, Sold to R. R. Endicott.
Robert Rantoul Endicott, Purchased from Julius Weitzner, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1961.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Robert Rantoul Endicott
Accession Year
1961
Object Number
1961.46
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Dennis Farr, William Etty, Routledge and Paul (London, England, 1958), no. 48b, repr. no. 21b
  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 106; repr. as no. 41

Exhibition History

  • Unidentified Exhibition, RISD Museum of Art, 1957, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 11/28/1956 - 01/02/1957

Verification Level

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