Conrad rescues Gulnare (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1741-1825
1741-1825
Title
Conrad rescues Gulnare (recto)
Date of Production
(6 September) 1815
Medium
black chalk (recto and verso) on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 18.7 cm
Width: 18.3 cm
Width: 18.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3376
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
Susan, Baroness North, London (1797-1884), L.1947; Spink & Son Ltd. (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£9); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Turner and Byron, London & England, 03/06/1992-20/09/1992
Byron: an exhibition to commemorate the 150th anniversary of his death in the Greek War of Liberation, 19 April 1824, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 30/05/1974-25/08/1974
Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972
Byron: an exhibition to commemorate the 150th anniversary of his death in the Greek War of Liberation, 19 April 1824, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 30/05/1974-25/08/1974
Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 20
Schiff, Gert, Johann Heinrich Füssli, 1741-1825, Zurich: Verlag Berichthaus, 1973, 2 vols.
no. 1558
dated 1815
Byron: an exhibition to commemorate the 150th anniversary of his death in the Greek War of Liberation, 19 April 1824, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 30 May - 25 August 1974
cat. no. S27
p. 130
ill. on p. 82 ...More
p. 20
Schiff, Gert, Johann Heinrich Füssli, 1741-1825, Zurich: Verlag Berichthaus, 1973, 2 vols.
no. 1558
dated 1815
Byron: an exhibition to commemorate the 150th anniversary of his death in the Greek War of Liberation, 19 April 1824, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 30 May - 25 August 1974
cat. no. S27
p. 130
ill. on p. 82 ...More
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink over black chalk, located and dated: "P.H. Septr. 6. 15." [i.e. 'Putney Hill']. Verso: lower left, graphite, Witt number: "3376"; lower right, graphite: "#15".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower centre, stamped in black: Baroness Susan North (L.1947); lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink over black chalk, located and dated: "P.H. Septr. 6. 15." [i.e. 'Putney Hill']. Verso: lower left, graphite, Witt number: "3376"; lower right, graphite: "#15".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower centre, stamped in black: Baroness Susan North (L.1947); lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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