Merton College, Oxford, seen from the meadows
Maker
(artist)
1775-1863
1775-1863
Title
Merton College, Oxford, seen from the meadows
Date of Production
1790 - 1863
Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 19.3 cm
Width: 27.5 cm
Width: 27.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2070
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
Frederick Parker Morrell (1837-1908) and wife Harriette (d.1925), Black House, Oxford; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
catalogue untraced, Oxford Arts Club, 1932
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 17
p. 17
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, red chalk: “1”. Verso: centre, graphite: “P11”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left, graphite: “Exhibited Oxford Arts Club, 1932”; lower right, graphite: “William Alfred Delamotte / 1775 - 1863 / Merton College, Oxford”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, red chalk: “1”. Verso: centre, graphite: “P11”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left, graphite: “Exhibited Oxford Arts Club, 1932”; lower right, graphite: “William Alfred Delamotte / 1775 - 1863 / Merton College, Oxford”.
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