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Group of figures caught in a storm, seen from behind

Maker

(artist)
1757-1827

Title

Date of Production

1757 - 1827

Medium

graphite, pen and grey and brown ink, watercolour on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 24.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3140

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

Label Text

Rowlandson received a conventional artist's training, entering the Royal Academy Schools at the age of 15, and exhibiting there regularly from 1775 to 1787. His facility for drawing had by then developed fully and was to remain consistent throughout his career, making it difficult to date this drawing with confidence. An accomplished social satirist, Rowlandson has here recorded a fleeting incident with his customary ability to see the absurd in the commonplace.

Provenance

anonymous sale ('Property of a Gentleman'), Sotheby's (London), 21 October 1942, lot 36; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), for £8; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

The Witt Collection - Four centuries of drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/04/2004-20/06/2004

unnumbered typescript - title was possibly 'A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections [as exhibited in 1964 at University of Sussex, Falmer]', Nottingham University, 1966

Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962 ...More

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953 ...Less

Literature

Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 11

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 43

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 33

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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