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Sailing ship and other boats in Thames estuary

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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).

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