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Interior of Westminster hall

Maker

(artist)
1762-1832

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1812-1852

Title

Interior of Westminster hall

Date of Production

1762 - 1832

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolour with some gum arabic on wove paper, executed using a ruler and compass

Dimensions

Height: 33.6 cm
Width: 25 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3283

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

Mr Duncan (according to verso inscription); Fine Art Society (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, May 1943 (£25); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 38

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Verso, lower right edge, cut off by edge: abraded but could likely be "E & P" (see Heawood 3061 and 3062 - both London, 1800).

Inscription: Verso: upper centre edge, brown ink, provenance: "Sold Mr Duncan"; upper centre, graphite: "Westminster Hall".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Label: Removed (from former mount?), now in object file, printed in black with additions in pen and grey ink: "THE FINE ART SOCIETY, LTD., / 148 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON, W.1 / By Appointment to H.M. QUEEN MARY / TITLE Westminster Hall / Watercolour by / ARTIST Aug Pugin / No 96 DATE May 1943".

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