Shipwreck - Illustration to 'Robinson Crusoe'
Maker
(artist)
1755-1834
1755-1834
Title
Shipwreck - Illustration to 'Robinson Crusoe'
Date of Production
1755 - 1834
Medium
red chalk, pen and grey ink, brown and grey wash on wove paper, with grey ink framing lines, adhered at the corners to a blue paper mount
Dimensions
Height: 13.2 cm
Width: 9.5 cm
Width: 9.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1685
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
Walter T. Spencer (bookseller and dealer), London (1863-1936); from whom purchased by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (with D.1952.RW.1682-1684 and 1686-1690) Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 48
p. 48
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink: “T. Stothard.”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite:, “Thomas Stothard / 1755-1834 / Robinson Crusoe.”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink: “T. Stothard.”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite:, “Thomas Stothard / 1755-1834 / Robinson Crusoe.”.
Collector's mark: none.
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