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Boat seen from the side

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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".

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