Battle scene
Maker
(artist)
1718-1780
1718-1780
Title
Battle scene
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
traces of red and white chalk, pen and grey ink, grey and red-brown wash on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 27.1 cm
Width: 51.5 cm
Width: 51.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1106
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
Sotheby's (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£2.1); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: unable to check due to mount.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, grey-brown ink, signed with the artist’s initials: “L.R.”. Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “1106”; lower right edge, graphite: arrow pointing up at initials on drawing; lower right corner, graphite: “T.O.”. Mount (historic), Verso: lower right corner, on a separate label, blue-green ink: “Philibert Bene[...] de la Rue. (1718-1763.) / French / Painter of Portraits, landscapes + battle scenes. / Signed “L.R.” Identified by the / Keeper of Drawings + Prints, British Museum.“.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, grey-brown ink, signed with the artist’s initials: “L.R.”. Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “1106”; lower right edge, graphite: arrow pointing up at initials on drawing; lower right corner, graphite: “T.O.”. Mount (historic), Verso: lower right corner, on a separate label, blue-green ink: “Philibert Bene[...] de la Rue. (1718-1763.) / French / Painter of Portraits, landscapes + battle scenes. / Signed “L.R.” Identified by the / Keeper of Drawings + Prints, British Museum.“.
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