Caernarvon Castle (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1783-1859
1783-1859
Title
Caernarvon Castle (recto)
Date of Production
(circa) 1806
Medium
graphite (recto and verso) on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 18.1 cm
Width: 28.5 cm
Width: 28.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1436
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), before 1946 (along with RW.1423-1434 and 1437, 10 shillings each); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 14
Alexander J. Finberg, Drawings of David Cox, London: George Newnes Ltd., 1906
p. 18
pl. XXX
p. 14
Alexander J. Finberg, Drawings of David Cox, London: George Newnes Ltd., 1906
p. 18
pl. XXX
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, located by the artist: "Caernarvon Castle".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, located by the artist: "Caernarvon Castle".
Collector's mark: none.
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