Interior of Westminster hall
Maker
(artist)
1762-1832
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1812-1852
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
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
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".
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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