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Sailing boat with town in background

Maker

(artist)
1790-1864

Title

Sailing boat with town in background

Date of Production

1820 - 1830

Medium

graphite on card

Dimensions

Height: 11 cm
Width: 8.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2303.1

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

F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

John Witt, William Henry Hunt (1790-1864): Life and Work, with a catalogue (London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1982)
no. 48

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 28

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: upper centre, graphite: "Page 9 / No. 4"; centre, graphite: "C1".

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

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