Landscape with sheep and donkeys
Maker
(artist)
1802-1873
1802-1873
Title
Landscape with sheep and donkeys
Date of Production
1818
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown wash and touches of white bodycolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 9.1 cm
Width: 23 cm
Width: 23 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1006
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£2.5); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
The Life and Work of Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A., Sheffield, 06/02/1972-12/03/1972
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 30
p. 30
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Verso, lower left, cut off by lower edge, the letters on the second line much smaller than on the first: "[...]AN / [...]L" (probably "J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL").
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink, signed with initials and dated: "EL. / 1818.". Verso, upper left, graphite, erased: 2 lines of text now largely illegible; upper right, graphite, underlined: "E Landseer".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink, signed with initials and dated: "EL. / 1818.". Verso, upper left, graphite, erased: 2 lines of text now largely illegible; upper right, graphite, underlined: "E Landseer".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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