Trees and house seen from a meadow - Bishopgate
Maker
(artist)
1725-1809
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1708-1776
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
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
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...........................".
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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