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Three sailing vessels at sea (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1776-1837

Title

Three sailing vessels at sea (recto)

Date of Production

1803

Medium

graphite (recto and verso) on light grey laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 9.9 cm
Width: 16.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2695

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

possibly Charles Golding Constable (1821-1879); Squire Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

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

Literature

Reynolds, Graham, The early paintings and drawings of John Constable, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1996
nos 03.49 and 03.50 on p. 51
pl. 204 (recto), pl. 205 (verso)

English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 35

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 11

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: lower right corner, fragment: "180[...]".

Inscription: Verso: lower left corner, graphite: "25".

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

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