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Man driving a horse and ass harnessed to a cart

Maker

(artist)
1846-1886

Title

Man driving a horse and ass harnessed to a cart

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

graphite and watercolour on paper

Dimensions

Height: 13.9 cm
Width: 25.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2316

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

Sir Sidney Colvin, London (1845-1927); given by him to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 1927; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948

A Loan exhibition of English and French paintings and drawings, Wigan Grammar School, 06/04/1938-30/04/1938

Desenul şi gravura englezá, secole le XVIII-XX. Expoziţie de desen, acuaretà, pastel şi gravurǎ subtoate formele / Ausstellung von Britischen Aquarellen Zeichnungen, Muzeul Roma Stelian, Bucharest; Prague; Vienna, 15/12/1935-02/03/1936

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 8

Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 9

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: card glued down, black ink: "No 2316 / Exhibited / Buckarest [sic], Vienna, + Prague / 1935/6 / Wigan + Ulverston 1938 / Coll Sir Sidney Cowan [written over in graphite to spell "Colvin"]". Mount, Recto: lower left, graphite: "Exh. Vienna + Prague 1936 / " Wigan + Ulverston. 1938 / " Arts Council 1948/9"; lower centre, gold ink: "RANDOLPH CALDECOTT"; lower right, graphite: "This + No 2317. mentioned in E.V. Lucas's / 'The Calvins + their friends'".

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

Label: Verso, typewritten: "EXHIBITION OF BRITISH DRAWINGS / Bucharest, 1935/36. / TITLE OF WORK Beach Scene with Cart and Horses. / NAME OF ARTIST Randolph Caldecott. / NAME AND ADDRESS OF OWNER Sir Robert Witt, / 32, Portman Square, / London, W.1. / DIMENSIONS 5 1/2 x 10 / SALE PRICE / DEPARTMENT OF OVERSEAS TRADE, / LONDON.".

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