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View of Calais from the harbour

Maker

(artist)
1819-1900

After
(artist)
1783-1852

Title

View of Calais from the harbour

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

graphite, watercolour, bodycolour on brown wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 16.2 cm
Width: 25.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.24

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

Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/06/1979-01/09/1979

English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/05/1977-01/06/1977

English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/01/1965-01/05/1965 ...More

L'Aquarelle Romantique en France et en Angleterre, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Calais, 29/07/1961-17/09/1961 ...Less

Literature

English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1979
cat. no. 64

English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 56

English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 47 ...More

L'Aquarelle Romantique en France et en Angleterre, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Calais, 1961
cat. no. 111

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 44 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, graphite, signed with monogram: "JR.".

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

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