Leadenhall market
Maker
(artist)
1811-1880
1811-1880
Title
Leadenhall market
Date of Production
(15 May) 1829
Medium
graphite and watercolour on wove paper, framed in graphite
Dimensions
Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 32.3 cm
Width: 32.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3281
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
exhibited at Fine Art Society (London), April 1943, no. 64; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, May 1943; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Exhibition of watercolour drawings of London and the Thames by 18th and early 19th century artists, Fine Art Society, London, 1943 (April)
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 13
p. 13
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Label: Removed (now in object file), printed and written in black ink: "THE FINE ART SOCIETY, LTD., / 148 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON, W.1 / By Appointment to H.M. QUEEN MARY / TITLE Leadenhall Market / Drawing by / ARTIST E.W. Cooke Ra / No 64 DATE May 1943".
Inscription: Recto: upper centre edge, graphite, artist's hand: "St Michaels / Cornhill" and "St Peters Cornhill"; lower centre edge, graphite, artist's hand: "Leadenhall"; lower right edge, graphite, located, dated and signed with initials: "Hide of Leather Market. Tuesday 15 May 1829 E. W. C.". Verso: lower right, graphite: "Leadenhall hide + leather market / Tuesday. 15th May 1829. E.W. Cooke / (St Michael's + St Peter's, Cornhill)"; lower right corner, graphite, cut off: "2 [?]".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Label: Removed (now in object file), printed and written in black ink: "THE FINE ART SOCIETY, LTD., / 148 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON, W.1 / By Appointment to H.M. QUEEN MARY / TITLE Leadenhall Market / Drawing by / ARTIST E.W. Cooke Ra / No 64 DATE May 1943".
Inscription: Recto: upper centre edge, graphite, artist's hand: "St Michaels / Cornhill" and "St Peters Cornhill"; lower centre edge, graphite, artist's hand: "Leadenhall"; lower right edge, graphite, located, dated and signed with initials: "Hide of Leather Market. Tuesday 15 May 1829 E. W. C.". Verso: lower right, graphite: "Leadenhall hide + leather market / Tuesday. 15th May 1829. E.W. Cooke / (St Michael's + St Peter's, Cornhill)"; lower right corner, graphite, cut off: "2 [?]".
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