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View of Hardwick Hall

Maker

(artist)
1783-1859

Title

View of Hardwick Hall

Date of Production

1835 - 1838

Medium

black chalk on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 19.2 cm
Width: 28 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1427

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

by descent to the artist's granddaughter, Hannah Cox (1840-1909); sold by her to Walker Galleries (London), 1904 (see her letter in file for D.1952.RW.1432); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, before 1946 (along with RW.1423-1426 and 1429-1437, 10 shillings each); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 14

Les dessins anglais au XIX siècle, Hypérion 1951
Illus. repr.
according to the Witt card, but unable to find more info on this lit. ref.

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: "x".

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

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