View over Buttermere, Lake District
Maker
(artist)
1773-1845
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
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
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).
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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