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Cottage and a dovecote

Maker

(artist)
1610-1678

Title

Cottage and a dovecote

Date of Production

1610 - 1678

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 20.2 cm
Width: 29.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2551

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

E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£15); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre, only visible in raking light: a large circle with several borders - unable to see what it contains.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: lower centre edge, graphite: "D 500."; lower right, graphite, erased and hard to read: "Decker / m/v [?] //"; lower right corner, graphite: "19".

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

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