Stream running into a wood
Maker
(artist)
1758-1810
1758-1810
Title
Stream running into a wood
Date of Production
1758 - 1810
Medium
synthetic? black chalk and brown wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 19.3 cm
Width: 25.2 cm
Width: 25.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3135
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
D.G.B. Smith; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 27 October 1942; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 27 October 1942, for £20; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, American Federation of the Arts, Washington, D.C. and nine cities in the USA, 1951
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 27
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 32
p. 27
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 32
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: Brittania, unable to see details clearly enough to identify further, but in Churchill all Brittania marks dated to 2nd half of 18th century and first decade of 19th.
Inscription: Verso: upper left, red-orange crayon: "38 Hoppne [sic]".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: upper left, red-orange crayon: "38 Hoppne [sic]".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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