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A coast scene, with shipping

Maker

(artist)
1774-1852

Title

A coast scene, with shipping

Date of Production

1843

Medium

graphite and grey wash on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 21.4 cm
Width: 30.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3372

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




Notes

This drawing was made while Chinnery was based in Macau and regularly visiting China, so is likely to represent a landscape in either Macau or Guangzhou (Canton).

Provenance

Spink & Son (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; 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. 10

Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 12

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: none.

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

Inscription: Recto: right centre edge, graphite: artist's shorthand. Verso: upper right, graphite: artist's shorthand (including the date 1843); centre, graphite, very large: "X"; lower right corner, graphite: "41".

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