Barn with a Figure, Cattle and Poultry
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld
Image: Courtauld
Maker
(artist)
1775-1851
1775-1851
Title
Barn with a Figure, Cattle and Poultry
Date of Production
(circa) 1794
Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 19.4 cm
Width: 26.5 cm
Width: 26.5 cm
Object Number
D.1952.RW.1173
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Inscriptions
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: none.
Watermark: none.
Inscription: none.
Watermark: none.
Provenance
friend of the artist, Charles Stokes (1784-1853); Thomas Hughes; by descent to his niece, Mrs F. Hughes, Reigate, Surrey; her sale, Sotheby's (London), 28 November 1922, lot 149; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£6.5); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Paths to Fame - Turner's Watercolour Landscapes, Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/10/2008-25/01/2009
Paths to Fame - Turner's Watercolour Landscapes, Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, England, 16/07/2008-12/10/2008
Literature
Paths to Fame: Turner Watercolours from The Courtauld Gallery, Wordsworth Trust; Courtauld Gallery, 2008-2009
no. 6
Fig. p. 55
no. 6
Fig. p. 55
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 52
p. 52
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