Pile of mackerel
Maker
(artist)
1840-1875
1840-1875
Title
Pile of mackerel
Medium
graphite, watercolour with gum arabic, bodycolour with graphite framing lines on card
Dimensions
Height: 8.2 cm
Width: 14.6 cm
Width: 14.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1535
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
Mrs Alexander Shannan Stevenson (Alice Isabel), Oatland's Mere, Weybridge (1846-1919); purchased from her estate by Tooth & Sons (London), 23 July 1919 (15 guineas); Alfred Parsons (1847-1920); his sale, Christie's (London), 2 March 1923, lot 38; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£5.5, including D.1952.RW.1534); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
British Watercolours and Drawings: Lord Leverhulme's Collection in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Lady Lever Art Gallery, 2010, Liverpool
p. 214
Illus. on p. 215, fig. 59
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 54
p. 214
Illus. on p. 215, fig. 59
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 54
Inscriptions
Inscription: Frederick Walker / 1840-1875 / Study for the Fishmongers Shop / in the Beecham Coll //
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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