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Still-life, with ducks, vegetables and jars

Maker

William Cruickshank (artist)
1866-1887

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1790-1864

Title

Still-life, with ducks, vegetables and jars

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

watercolour and bodycolour on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 26.4 cm
Width: 35.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2195

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

Sotheby's (London), 7 July 1926, lot 14 (as by William Henry Hunt); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (lower left), along with D.1952.RW.2196; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 15

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite: "#3". Verso: lower right, graphite, erased, hard to read: "Spoo[...] / 14 1/[...] x 20 5/8".

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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