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Mules and muleteers at a water trough

Maker

(artist)
1740-1812

Title

Mules and muleteers at a water trough

Date of Production

1740 - 1812

Medium

black chalk and traces of red chalk, brown wash on laid paper, laid down on a historic support

Dimensions

Height: 22.2 cm
Width: 32.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3141

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

Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (lower left), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 33

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: lower centre: "IV".

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed?: "Loutherbourg.". Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, graphite: "2". Support (historic), Verso: right upper edge, graphite, large, cut off at edge: "3". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Jacques Philippe Loutherbourg. R.A / British-French 1740-1812/14 / Signed".

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

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