Man driving a horse and ass harnessed to a cart
Maker
(artist)
1846-1886
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
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
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
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.".
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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