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View in the Isle of Arran

Maker

(artist)
1805-1876

Title

View in the Isle of Arran

Date of Production

(13 August) 1830

Medium

graphite, watercolour, bodycolour on brown wove paper laid down

Dimensions

Height: 17.2 cm
Width: 26.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3018

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

A. Berthel, Surrey; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 8 May 1942; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 23 May 1942 (£5); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

J.F. Lewis R.A. (1805-1876) - Painter of the Desert and Harem, Guildford, 1977

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

Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948

Literature

J.F. Lewis, R.A. (1805-1876): painter of the desert and harem, Guildford House Gallery, 1977
no. 20

English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 60

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 33 ...More

Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 52 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Verso, lower left edge, cut off by edge: "B. E[...] / 18[...]" (must be "B.E. & S." as seen on artist's watercolour sold at Sotheby's, London, 3 July 2013, lot 203. Bally, Ellen & Steart Mill, at the De Montalt Mill, Bath, Somerset. RSA has two drawings with this mark dated 1828 and 1829 and a Turner at the Tate has one dated 1823).

Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite: "Aug 13. Arran". Verso (backing sheet): lower right, graphite: "18a / mo".

Collector's mark: none.

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