Staircase at Ashridge
Maker
(artist)
1769-1821
1769-1821
Title
Staircase at Ashridge
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 43.8 cm
Width: 33 cm
Width: 33 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3352
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
Charles Long, Baron Farnborough (1761-1838); Leonard G. Duke, London (1890-1971); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 24 October 1943; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 10 November 1943 (£7.10); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 17
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 23
p. 17
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 23
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Label: Verso: lower right corner, graphite, unclear: "y whili[?]".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Label: Verso: lower right corner, graphite, unclear: "y whili[?]".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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