Almshouses at Glastonbury
Maker
(artist)
1767-1816
1767-1816
Title
Almshouses at Glastonbury
Date of Production
1847
Medium
graphite and blue-grey wash on wove paper, surrounded by a historic paper support border
Dimensions
Height: 17.3 cm
Width: 24.8 cm
Width: 24.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1137
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
almshouses
Provenance
Beckford, 1847 [according to an inscription on the now absent mount; William Beckford's collection? However he died in 1844 and his only sale in 1847 did not include drawings]; Palser and Son (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£1); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 3
p. 3
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper centre edge, graphite: "Alms Houses at Glastonbury, Somersetshire."; upper right, graphite: "17352"; centre, graphite, Witt number: "1137". Verso (removed? now missing): pen and brown ink: "from the Beckford Collection 1847".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink:Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b). Verso: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: upper centre edge, graphite: "Alms Houses at Glastonbury, Somersetshire."; upper right, graphite: "17352"; centre, graphite, Witt number: "1137". Verso (removed? now missing): pen and brown ink: "from the Beckford Collection 1847".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink:Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b). Verso: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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