A coast scene, with shipping
Maker
(artist)
1774-1852
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
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
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".
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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