Houses at Knaresborough
Maker
(artist)
1783-1859
1783-1859
Title
Houses at Knaresborough
Date of Production
(10 September) 1844
Medium
black chalk with stumping on wove paper (now discoloured) (examined under microscope)
Dimensions
Height: 19.1 cm
Width: 27.4 cm
Width: 27.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1434
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.1423-1433 and 1436-1437, 10 shillings each); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours, Manor House Museum, 1966
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 14
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 16
p. 14
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 16
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, black chalk, located and dated: "Knaresbrough Sep '10 1844".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, black chalk, located and dated: "Knaresbrough Sep '10 1844".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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