Sheep and shepherd on the brow of a hill
Maker
(artist)
1759-1833
1759-1833
Title
Sheep and shepherd on the brow of a hill
Date of Production
1759 - 1833
Medium
black chalk (likely moistened in very dense areas) and black wash on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 11.1 cm
Width: 17.6 cm
Width: 17.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1223
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
given by the artist to George Capel-Coningsby, 5th Earl of Essex, Cassiobury House (1757-1839); Cassiobury House sale, Hodgson & Co (London), 22 - 24 November 1922, lot 88 (as a volume of 18 drawings, including D.1952.RW.1216, 1217, 1217.1, 1220, 1223 and 1224); purchased there by Palser Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d., for 8 shillings; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/06/1979-01/09/1979
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/05/1977-01/06/1977
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/05/1977-01/06/1977
Literature
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1979
cat. no. 21
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 10
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 35
cat. no. 21
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 10
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 35
Inscriptions
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
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