Indian scene, with a cottage and three figures (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1774-1852
1774-1852
Title
Indian scene, with a cottage and three figures (recto)
Date of Production
(or after) 1809
Medium
pen and brown ink (recto and verso) on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 23.1 cm
Width: 17.8 cm
Width: 17.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1941
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
Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 10
p. 10
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: left centre edge: "1809" (looks like from J WHATMAN paper).
Inscription: Recto: right of centre and lower left corner, brown ink: artist's shorthand; lower right corner, pen and brown ink: signed with artist's monogram. Verso: upper left corner, centre and lower left corner, brown ink and black chalk: artist's shorthand; lower left corner, brown ink, upside down: "4".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: right of centre and lower left corner, brown ink: artist's shorthand; lower right corner, pen and brown ink: signed with artist's monogram. Verso: upper left corner, centre and lower left corner, brown ink and black chalk: artist's shorthand; lower left corner, brown ink, upside down: "4".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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