Silver Island on the Yangtse River
Maker
(artist)
1804-1872
1804-1872
Title
Silver Island on the Yangtse River
Date of Production
(circa) 1843
Medium
graphite, brown wash, white bodycolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 12.7 cm
Width: 19.4 cm
Width: 19.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1140
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
Palser and Son (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (with D.1952.RW.1141 and others, n.d., for £1.5); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Imagining Islands, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 20/06/2013-21/07/2013
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 3
p. 3
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, graphite and again in lower left corner, red chalk: “114”. Verso: centre, black chalk: 2 scribbles, could be a messy “33”.
Collector's mark: Removed from a former mount or support: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, graphite and again in lower left corner, red chalk: “114”. Verso: centre, black chalk: 2 scribbles, could be a messy “33”.
Collector's mark: Removed from a former mount or support: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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