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Country scene with figures and church spire

Maker

(artist)
1763-1804

Title

Country scene with figures and church spire

Date of Production

1763 - 1804

Medium

grey and brown wash with watercolour on card (now brown, likely due to ageing or light exposure), with grey ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 21.7 cm
Width: 28.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3295

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

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Provenance

given to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976-78

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

Literature

Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976 - 1978
cat. no. 22

English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 15

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 35

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink, signed: "G Morland".

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

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