Front elevation of a screen in the church at North Creak, Norfolk (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1782-1842
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
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
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).
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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