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Six studies of corn stooks

Maker

(artist)
1769-1844

Title

Six studies of corn stooks

Date of Production

1769 - 1844

Medium

graphite and watercolour on textured wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 27 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3131

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

the artist's executor, John Garle; probably his estate sale, Christie's (London), 27 April 1874; B.F. Stevens & Brown (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 27

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: upper left of centre and lower right, graphite: artist’s shorthand notes (his shorthand has not yet been deciphered). Verso: lower left, graphite, circled: "282". Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Verso: upper left, graphite: "88".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b). Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: lower right, stamped in black: presumably collector's mark of John Garle (not in Lugt) [mark is also on the mount removed from D.1952.RW.3133 and 3382].

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