Skulls of a gannet and a crane
Maker
(artist)
1819-1900
1819-1900
Title
Skulls of a gannet and a crane
Date of Production
1874
Medium
graphite and white chalk on blue wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 17.9 cm
Width: 26 cm
Width: 26 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2469.1
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
by descent to the artist's cousin and heir, Joan Agnew Severn (1846-1924) and her husband, Joseph Arthur Palliser Severn (1842-1931); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 20 May 1931, lot 93 (with D.1952.RW.2468.1, 2468.2, 2469.2 and 2470); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
John Ruskin: Art and Wonder, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield, 29/05/2019-15/09/2019
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 44
p. 44
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: right centre, graphite, described: "crane"; lower centre, graphite, described: "gannet"; lower left edge, brown ink, signed and dated: "JRuskin 1874 / Study for notes to Love's Meinie". Verso: upper right corner, 1st 2 numbers written in blue crayon, the last in graphite, the 1st crossed out in blue crayon, the 2nd crossed out in graphite: "71 [?] / 77 / 92^2 [the '2' is superscript]".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: right centre, graphite, described: "crane"; lower centre, graphite, described: "gannet"; lower left edge, brown ink, signed and dated: "JRuskin 1874 / Study for notes to Love's Meinie". Verso: upper right corner, 1st 2 numbers written in blue crayon, the last in graphite, the 1st crossed out in blue crayon, the 2nd crossed out in graphite: "71 [?] / 77 / 92^2 [the '2' is superscript]".
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