Dead fish
Maker
(artist)
1812-1845
1812-1845
Title
Dead fish
Date of Production
1812 - 1845
Medium
graphite, watercolour, and white bodycolour on brown wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 6.6 cm
Width: 14.2 cm
Width: 14.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1051
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
F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower right), n.d. (8 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 35
p. 35
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower left edge, graphite, upside down: "118"; lower right edge, graphite, upside down: "g/m"; lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: "1051"; lower right corner, graphite: "W[? or III?]".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower left edge, graphite, upside down: "118"; lower right edge, graphite, upside down: "g/m"; lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: "1051"; lower right corner, graphite: "W[? or III?]".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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