Farmhouse at Troutbeck, Cumberland
Maker
(artist)
1769-1844
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
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
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".
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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