Mountain stream (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1783-1859
1783-1859
Title
Mountain stream (recto)
Date of Production
1803 - 1859
Medium
red-brown chalk and wash (recto), black chalk (verso), on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 18.5 cm
Width: 12.6 cm
Width: 12.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1437
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.1423-1436, 10 shillings each); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours, Manor House Museum, 1966
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, American Federation of the Arts, Washington, D.C. and nine cities in the USA, 1951 ...More
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
200th Winter Exhibition, Royal British Academy, Suffolk Street, London, 1943-44
Exhibition of late 18th and early 19th Century Art, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1933 (Jun.-Jul.) ...Less
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, American Federation of the Arts, Washington, D.C. and nine cities in the USA, 1951 ...More
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
200th Winter Exhibition, Royal British Academy, Suffolk Street, London, 1943-44
Exhibition of late 18th and early 19th Century Art, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1933 (Jun.-Jul.) ...Less
Literature
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 14
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 14
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 14 ...More
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 15
Roe, F. Gordon, Cox the Master: The Life and Art of David Cox (1783-1859), Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis, 1946
Plate 33
Exhibition of late 18th and early 19th Century Art, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1933 ...Less
cat. no. 14
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 14
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 14 ...More
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 15
Roe, F. Gordon, Cox the Master: The Life and Art of David Cox (1783-1859), Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis, 1946
Plate 33
Exhibition of late 18th and early 19th Century Art, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1933 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: none.
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