Bath Abbey
Maker
Hugh O'Neill (artist)
1784-1824
1784-1824
Title
Bath Abbey
Date of Production
1813
Medium
graphite on wove paper, laid down on a historic mount; executed using a ruler and compass
Dimensions
Height: 36.3 cm
Width: 27.4 cm
Width: 27.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3246
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
Miss Burney; her sale, Sotheby's (London), 4 March 1943, lot 29; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower left), 5 March 1943 (£7); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 37
p. 37
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to thickness of mount
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left (on slab before door), graphite, signed with initials and dated: "HON. 1813"; lower left corner, graphite, located: "BATH ABBEY"; lower right corner, graphite, signed: "H. O'Neill.". Mount (historic), Verso: upper left, graphite: "EHB"; upper right, graphite: "#1"; left centre, graphite: "20 1/8 x 16 ¾"; lower centre, graphite, faded: "Abbey Church / Bath / O'Neill".
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left (on slab before door), graphite, signed with initials and dated: "HON. 1813"; lower left corner, graphite, located: "BATH ABBEY"; lower right corner, graphite, signed: "H. O'Neill.". Mount (historic), Verso: upper left, graphite: "EHB"; upper right, graphite: "#1"; left centre, graphite: "20 1/8 x 16 ¾"; lower centre, graphite, faded: "Abbey Church / Bath / O'Neill".
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