Sailing ship and other boats in Thames estuary
Maker
(artist)
1740-1821
1740-1821
Title
Sailing ship and other boats in Thames estuary
Date of Production
1796
Medium
watercolour added over etching and aquatint on wove paper, with black ink framing lines, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 25.6 cm
Width: 38.2 cm
Width: 38.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3064
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
Iolo Williams (1890-1962); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 6 July 1943; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 7 July 1943 for £2 (in part exchange); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 38
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 59
p. 38
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 59
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right (within drawing, on sail), grey wash: "3"; lower right, brown wash, signed and dated: "N Pocock 1796"; lower left, brown ink, hard to read: "13" and "97" [?]. Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite: "1/2 in orange frame bevel"; lower right, graphite: "Sir R Witt". Mount (historic), Verso: lower right, graphite: "c 1757". Outer mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left, graphite: "Exhib. Arts Council. 1948/9"; lower right, graphite: "Nicholas Pocock / 1741(?) - 1821 / Signed + dated 1796 / Etched + aquatinted + watercolour.".
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right (within drawing, on sail), grey wash: "3"; lower right, brown wash, signed and dated: "N Pocock 1796"; lower left, brown ink, hard to read: "13" and "97" [?]. Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite: "1/2 in orange frame bevel"; lower right, graphite: "Sir R Witt". Mount (historic), Verso: lower right, graphite: "c 1757". Outer mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left, graphite: "Exhib. Arts Council. 1948/9"; lower right, graphite: "Nicholas Pocock / 1741(?) - 1821 / Signed + dated 1796 / Etched + aquatinted + watercolour.".
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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