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Coastscene with boats in harbour

Maker

(artist)
1740-1821

Title

Coastscene with boats in harbour

Date of Production

1765, 1775, 1785 or 1795

Medium

black chalk, pen and grey ink, watercolour on laid paper, washed with a varnish that has browned

Dimensions

Height: 19 cm
Width: 38.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3342

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

E. Kersley, London (active 1930-1960); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 2 February 1943; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 19 October 1943, for £9; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 38

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Verso, upper left edge: "WHATMAN".

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, abraded, signed and dated but unclear: "N Po[...] 17 5" (even under UV the third number has vanished). Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Nicolas Pocock / 1741 - 1821 / Signed + dated 17-5".

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

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