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Mountain torrent - St Gothard (recto)
Figure (verso - hidden, visible via transmitted light)

Maker

(artist)
1812-1845

Title

Mountain torrent - St Gothard (recto)
Figure (verso - hidden, visible via transmitted light)

Date of Production

(?) 1834

Medium

graphite, watercolour and bodycolour on wove paper (now brown in pictorial area), laid down; a drawing hidden on the verso is visible via transmitted light

Dimensions

Height: 35.9 cm
Width: 25 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3291

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





Notes

Inspired by the watercolours of Cotman, Müller’s free manner of painting with dry brushwork evokes the vitality of the landscape.

Provenance

O. Alexander; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 5 May 1943; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower left), 25 May 1943, for £9; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/01/1965-01/05/1965

Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948

Literature

English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 56

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 36

Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 58

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

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

Inscription: Verso: upper left, graphite: "1/2 imp"; upper centre, graphite: "St Gothard Devils Bridge"; left centre, graphite: "no 6"; right centre, graphite, partially erased: "2 / Separate frame"; lower right, graphite, the 'e' circled: "zw / e". Backing sheet? (removed, see photo in file), Verso: graphite: "The Devils Bridge, Mount St Gothard / William Muller / Exhib Arts Council 1948/49". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "W.J. Muller".

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