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Trees and house seen from a meadow - Bishopgate

Maker

(artist)
1725-1809

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1708-1776

Title

Trees and house seen from a meadow - Bishopgate

Date of Production

1725 - 1809

Medium

graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 13 cm
Width: 22.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1036

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

Walter T. Spencer, London (bookseller/dealer, 1863-1936); purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 45

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right of centre edge, graphite: "E"; lower left corner, graphite, a forged 'Spencer' signature according to the Witt card and mount inscription: "F.H."; lower centre edge, graphite, located: "nr Cumberland, Bishopgate". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite (over an erased inscription): "Paul Sandby / 1725-1809 / Inscribed "Nr. Cumberland's. Bishopgate. / (with Spencer. forged signature F.H.".

Collector's mark: none.

Label: Verso (removed, see photo): upper right, printed in black: "10...........................".

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