Scene in an Abyssinian village
Maker
(artist)
1730-1794
1730-1794
Title
Scene in an Abyssinian village
Date of Production
(circa) 1769
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash and watercolour on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 16.1 cm
Width: 20.3 cm
Width: 20.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.319
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
Mrs Burney (?); given by her to Mary (?); Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 7
p. 7
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: upper centre edge, fragment: bottom of a coat-of-arms above “GR”.
Inscription: Recto: upper left, graphite, Witt number: "319"; lower centre, brown ink: "Sketch made in Abyssinia, by James Bruce Esqre., presented to my dear Mary by her friend Mrs [or Miss?] Burney.", above that a graphite inscription erased that started "D" or "B".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper left, graphite, Witt number: "319"; lower centre, brown ink: "Sketch made in Abyssinia, by James Bruce Esqre., presented to my dear Mary by her friend Mrs [or Miss?] Burney.", above that a graphite inscription erased that started "D" or "B".
Collector's mark: none.
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