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Front elevation of a screen in the church at North Creak, Norfolk (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1782-1842

Title

Front elevation of a screen in the church at North Creak, Norfolk (recto)

Date of Production

1802 - 1842

Medium

graphite and brown wash (recto), graphite (verso), on wove paper, inlaid into a border support

Dimensions

Height: 24.3 cm
Width: 32.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3334

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

altar screens

Provenance

Walker Galleries (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours, Manor House Museum, 1966

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 13

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite: "Screen. N. Aisle .North Creak. Norfk.". Support, Recto: lower right edge, graphite: "J.S. Cotman". Mount (removed, now glued to new mount): black ink: "North Creake. / J.S. COTMAN. / 1782 - 1842.".

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

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