Mules and muleteers at a water trough
Maker
(artist)
1740-1812
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
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
Keywords
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
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).
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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