Ruined palace with derelict garden in foreground, with figures armed with rifles and shooting
Maker
(artist)
1791-1876
1791-1876
Title
Ruined palace with derelict garden in foreground, with figures armed with rifles and shooting
Date of Production
1800 - 1899
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash, blue watercolour on white wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 17.8 cm
Width: 24.8 cm
Width: 24.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3316
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
Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 23
p. 23
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: centre, red crayon: "HENRY GASTINEAU"; imprint of adhesive label or former backing sheet, mostly abraded, printed letters backwards: "Londo[...]".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: centre, red crayon: "HENRY GASTINEAU"; imprint of adhesive label or former backing sheet, mostly abraded, printed letters backwards: "Londo[...]".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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