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Caernarvon Castle (recto)

Maker

(artist)
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

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

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, located by the artist: "Caernarvon Castle".

Collector's mark: none.

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