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Landscape with house and trees (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1768-1821

Title

Landscape with house and trees (recto)

Date of Production

1788 - 1821

Medium

graphite (recto and verso) on laid paper, with graphite framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 13.9 cm
Width: 13.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1397

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

Arthur Michael Samuel (1872-1942) [according to Witt card]; Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£1.55); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/01/1965-01/05/1965

Literature

English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 50

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 15

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite, erased, Witt number: "1397". Verso: lower centre edge, graphite: "36"; lower right corner, graphite, written over the collector's mark: "I / 749".

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

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