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View over Buttermere, Lake District

Maker

(artist)
1773-1845

Title

View over Buttermere, Lake District

Date of Production

(13 August) 1804

Medium

graphite, grey wash and blue watercolour on wove paper, laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 12.3 cm
Width: 24.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1138

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

E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower right), n.d. (£1); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 36

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to thickness of mount.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, located and dated: "Buttermere - Aug.: 13. 1804". Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: "1138".

Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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