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Design for wall and ceiling decoration

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1675-1734

Title

Medium

pen and ink (brown), brown wash, chalk (red), watercolour on laid paper, laid down on a historic support with graphite and wash borders; areas of loss within the drawing are made up on the mount

Dimensions

Height: 26.8 cm
Width: 15 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2246

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

Mrs. Esdaile; acquired from her by B.T. Batsford (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), before November 1926 (along with D.1952.RW.2223, 2225, 2227, 2228, 2230, 2231, 2233, 2237, 2243, 2245, 2248, 2250); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 51

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none in the drawing sheet. Support (historic), Verso: repeated at upper and lower centre: Strasburg lily, with seemingly nothing below, but perhaps something like the letter “I” directly beside the shield.

Inscription: 9 10

Inscription: By Sir James Thornhill

Inscription: J/i/18

Inscription: (n)

Inscription: Sir James Thornhill

Inscription: 13 1/8 x 8 3/8

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

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