Wagon drawn by oxen and horses
Maker
Peter le Cave (artist)
1769-1801
1769-1801
Title
Wagon drawn by oxen and horses
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash and watercolour on thick laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 28.7 cm
Width: 49.5 cm
Width: 49.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3236
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
J.H. Price; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 17 December 1936; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 17 February 1943 (£4); 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
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
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
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 31
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. 6
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 45
p. 31
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. 6
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 45
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, lower left corner: "J WHATMAN".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped thrice (twice incompletely) in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: left upper edge, pen and brown ink, cut off: "[...]orner"; centre, graphite, underlined: "39".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped thrice (twice incompletely) in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: left upper edge, pen and brown ink, cut off: "[...]orner"; centre, graphite, underlined: "39".
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