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Shipwreck - Illustration to 'Robinson Crusoe'

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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.

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