Boat seen from the side
Maker
(artist)
1782-1842
1782-1842
Title
Boat seen from the side
Date of Production
1802 - 1842
Medium
black and white chalk on blue wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 13.2 cm
Width: 38.4 cm
Width: 38.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3359
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
Sir Edward Poynter, London (1836-1919); 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.
Collector's mark: Mount (removed, see photo): lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left, black chalk: "Salsett."; upper right, black chalk: "drab."; lower left, black chalk: "coffin.". Verso: upper left corner, green crayon: "92 [?]"; upper right, orange crayon, hard to read: "U.40 [?]"; lower left, graphite: "Cotman / From Poynter Sir / RW 3359".
Collector's mark: Mount (removed, see photo): lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left, black chalk: "Salsett."; upper right, black chalk: "drab."; lower left, black chalk: "coffin.". Verso: upper left corner, green crayon: "92 [?]"; upper right, orange crayon, hard to read: "U.40 [?]"; lower left, graphite: "Cotman / From Poynter Sir / RW 3359".
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