Ramsgate Harbour
Maker
(artist)
1757-1827
1757-1827
Title
Ramsgate Harbour
Date of Production
(after?) 1791
Medium
graphite, pen and grey and brown ink, watercolour on laid paper, laid down on card
Dimensions
Height: 21.7 cm
Width: 31.6 cm
Width: 31.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3059
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
Fine Art Society (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
A loan exhibition of important drawings by Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, Ellis & Smith's Galleries, London, 06/05/1948-29/05/1948
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 42
p. 42
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre (only visible in raking light due to card support): a Strasburg bend above letters, possibly "L V G".
Inscription: Support (historic), Verso: upper left, graphite, erased: "3030 / cost gm/-/"; centre, graphite, underlined: "Ramsgate Harbour"; lower left, graphite, erased: "#6"; lower right, graphite: "204[?]15". Mount (removed, see photo), recto, lower right, graphite: "Thomas Rowlandson / 1756-1827 / Ramsgate Harbour".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Support (historic), Verso: upper left, graphite, erased: "3030 / cost gm/-/"; centre, graphite, underlined: "Ramsgate Harbour"; lower left, graphite, erased: "#6"; lower right, graphite: "204[?]15". Mount (removed, see photo), recto, lower right, graphite: "Thomas Rowlandson / 1756-1827 / Ramsgate Harbour".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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