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Bath Abbey

Maker

Hugh O'Neill (artist)
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

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

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".

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