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Landscape with a small tower at upper left

Maker

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1727-1788

Title

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

graphite, treated with a varnish or fixative, now browned, on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 7.8 cm
Width: 11.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1064

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

Robert Vernon (1774-1849); Hibbard (?); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (£1.5); Witt Bequest 1952 Witt's card catalogue key identifies the seller as 'Hibbard', but I wonder if this is a misspelling of 'Hibbert', as George Hibbert purchased a number of other Gainsborough drawings in the artist's sale (see for instance D.1952.RW.554, where the provenance begins: the artist's sale, Christie's (London), 11 May 1799, lot 82, 84 or 88 as part of a sketchbook; purchased there by George Hibbert, London (1757-1837); by descent to Arthur Henry Holland-Hibbert (1855-1935); his sale, Christie's (London), 30 June 1913...). If so, this could have implications for the attribution of the artist as well. The same goes for D.1952.RW.1062 and 1065.

Literature

Hayes, John, The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, London 1970
p. 324

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 21

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, lower right corner, fragment: edge of a circle with a double border.

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: none.

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