Studies of a group of bare trees, a donkey, and a team of oxen
Maker
(artist)
1769-1844
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
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
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
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].
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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