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Louvain Cathedral

Maker

(artist)
1783-1852

Title

Louvain Cathedral

Date of Production

(after) 1811

Medium

graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 42.7 cm
Width: 28.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2279

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

Frances Louisa Evans; purchased from her by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), in 1927; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Turner, Prout, Steer - Three Bequests to the Courtauld Institute
Galleries
, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1980

English Landscape Drawings [catalogue not found], Rye Art Gallery, England, 1971

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961

Literature

Turner Prout Steer Three Bequests to the Courtauld Institute of Art, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1980
no. 3 (Prout)

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 33

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 38

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Verso, lower right: "J WHATMAN / 1811".

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Recto: across front of building at left, graphite: "1 6 4 7"; lower left, corner, graphite, location: "Louvain". Verso: lower right, graphite, first word crossed out: "Ja Cotton".

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