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Shipwreck of Saint Paul (design for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London)

Maker

(artist)
1675-1734

Title

Shipwreck of Saint Paul (design for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London)

Date of Production

(circa) 1715 - 1721

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour (now oxidised grey) on light brown laid paper, the upper corners cut

Dimensions

Height: 30.4 cm
Width: 23.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2266

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

B.T. Batsford (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), probably in 1927, with D.1952.RW.2268 and 2269; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Sir James Thornhill, Guildhall Art Gallery, London, 04/06/1958-10/07/1958

Literature

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

Inscriptions

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Watermark: none.

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