Landscape with cypresses
Maker
(artist)
1714-1782
1714-1782
Title
Landscape with cypresses
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
black and white chalk with stumping on blue (now grey) laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 22.3 cm
Width: 19.4 cm
Width: 19.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1575
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
Cypresses
Provenance
friend of the artist, William Lock, Norbury Park (1732-1810); his sale, Christie's (London), 17 July 1821; purchased there by William Esdaile, London (1758-1837), L.2617; Sotheby's (London), 17 - 18 April 1923, lot 28; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£3.25); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/01/1965-01/05/1965
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Richard Wilson and John Constable, Oxford Arts Club, 26/10/1937-18/11/1937 ...More
Exhibition of late 18th and early 19th Century Art, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1933 (Jun.-Jul.)
Richard Wilson loan exhibition, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 22/10/1925-05/12/1925
Loan exhibition of works by Richard Wilson, Tate Gallery, London, 26/06/1925-30/09/1925 ...Less
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Richard Wilson and John Constable, Oxford Arts Club, 26/10/1937-18/11/1937 ...More
Exhibition of late 18th and early 19th Century Art, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1933 (Jun.-Jul.)
Richard Wilson loan exhibition, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 22/10/1925-05/12/1925
Loan exhibition of works by Richard Wilson, Tate Gallery, London, 26/06/1925-30/09/1925 ...Less
Literature
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 1
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 58
Witt, Sir Robert, 'Further Old Master drawings of the English School' in 'The Antique Collector', May 1936; VII
p. 115
fig. 3 on p. 115 ...More
Exhibition of late 18th and early 19th Century Art, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1933 ...Less
cat. no. 1
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 58
Witt, Sir Robert, 'Further Old Master drawings of the English School' in 'The Antique Collector', May 1936; VII
p. 115
fig. 3 on p. 115 ...More
Exhibition of late 18th and early 19th Century Art, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1933 ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: 1821 WE _ Lock's sale N126_P129 Wilson
Inscription: 1575
Collector's mark: collector's mark of William Esdaile (L.2617)
Inscription: 1575
Collector's mark: collector's mark of William Esdaile (L.2617)
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