Court of law in session
Maker
(artist)
1793-1864
1793-1864
Title
Court of law in session
Date of Production
1793 - 1864
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolour and white bodycolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 15.5 cm
Width: 20.4 cm
Width: 20.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3257
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
Fine Art Society (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower left) n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 46
p. 46
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed: “THOSMERSHEPHERD”. Verso: upper right, graphite, mostly erased: “164 / i/-/-“; upper right, graphite: “Interior of LawCourts / TH Shepherd”; centre, graphite, mostly erased: “c/ 2/10”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Thomas Hosmer Shepherd / c. 1822 - c. 1842 / Signed. T Hosmer Shepherd / Interior of a law court”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed: “THOSMERSHEPHERD”. Verso: upper right, graphite, mostly erased: “164 / i/-/-“; upper right, graphite: “Interior of LawCourts / TH Shepherd”; centre, graphite, mostly erased: “c/ 2/10”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Thomas Hosmer Shepherd / c. 1822 - c. 1842 / Signed. T Hosmer Shepherd / Interior of a law court”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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