French Protestant church at Aldersgate (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1793-1864
1793-1864
Title
French Protestant church at Aldersgate (recto)
Date of Production
1793 - 1864
Medium
graphite and watercolour with some scratching out (recto), pen and brown ink (verso) on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 9.3 cm
Width: 11.8 cm
Width: 11.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3259
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: Recto, upper centre, cut off: "[...]AN / [...] LL" (probably "J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL").
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, signed: “T. HOSMER. SHEPHERD.“. Verso: upper centre, graphite, partly erased: “French Protestant Church / Aldersgate St”; left centre, graphite, circled: “182”; centre, graphite: “French Protestant Church / St. Martins le Grand / Aldersgate St. / Pulled down 1888”; lower left, graphite, hard to read: “giTr [?]”. Support (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left edge, graphite: “102 T.H. Shepherd / French Protestant Church Aldersgate / pulled down in 1866 £1.1.0”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Thomas Hosmer Shepherd / c. 1824 - c. 1842 / The French Protestant Church, Aldersgate. / (pulled down 1888) / Signed. T. Hosmer Shepherd.”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, signed: “T. HOSMER. SHEPHERD.“. Verso: upper centre, graphite, partly erased: “French Protestant Church / Aldersgate St”; left centre, graphite, circled: “182”; centre, graphite: “French Protestant Church / St. Martins le Grand / Aldersgate St. / Pulled down 1888”; lower left, graphite, hard to read: “giTr [?]”. Support (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left edge, graphite: “102 T.H. Shepherd / French Protestant Church Aldersgate / pulled down in 1866 £1.1.0”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Thomas Hosmer Shepherd / c. 1824 - c. 1842 / The French Protestant Church, Aldersgate. / (pulled down 1888) / Signed. T. Hosmer Shepherd.”.
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