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Study of a tree

Maker

(artist)
1790-1864

Title

Study of a tree

Date of Production

(circa) 1833

Medium

graphite, watercolour and bodycolour with some scratching out on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 55.5 cm
Width: 36.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2921

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

John Postle Heseltine, London (1843-1929), L.1508; Sotheby's (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

John Witt, William Henry Hunt (1790-1864): Life and Work, with a catalogue (London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1982)
no. 52

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 28

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: upper centre, letters but illegible.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower centre, stamped in red ink: John Postle Heseltine (L.1508); lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, pen and brown ink, signed by the artist: "W. HUNT". Verso: lower left, graphite: “#4”.

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