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Studies of a group of bare trees, a donkey, and a team of oxen

Maker

(artist)
1769-1844

Title

Studies of a group of bare trees, a donkey, and a team of oxen

Date of Production

1769 - 1844

Medium

graphite, watercolour on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 25.7 cm
Width: 19.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3133

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

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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: centre (within drawing), graphite: "dark green"; lower centre (within drawing), graphite: artist’s shorthand notes (his shorthand has not yet been deciphered); lower right corner, graphite, hard to read: "Walderthorn Park [?]" Mount (removed, cut down, now in file): graphite: ""Near Oakbridge Park" Sketches by R. HILLS (b. 1769 d. 1844) / (From the Collection of John Garle 1874)".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b). Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black: presumably collector's mark of John Garle (not in Lugt) [also on former mounts for RW.3131 and 3382].

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