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Farmhouse at Troutbeck, Cumberland

Maker

(artist)
1769-1844

Title

Farmhouse at Troutbeck, Cumberland

Date of Production

1769 - 1844

Medium

graphite and watercolour on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 24.2 cm
Width: 29.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3382

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



Building deterioration

Provenance

the artist's executor, John Garle; probably his estate sale, Christie's (London), 27 April 1874; B.F. Stevens & Brown (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£1); 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. 27

Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 38

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b). Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: lower right, stamped in black: presumably the collector's mark of John Garle (not in Lugt) [also on former mounts for D.1952.RW.3131, 3133].

Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, titled: "Troutbeck". Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Verso: lower right, graphite: "#1".

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