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Pulley, anchor, buoys and other objects

Maker

(artist)
1793-1867

Title

Pulley, anchor, buoys and other objects

Date of Production

1793 - 1867

Medium

graphite on wove paper, laid down on a paper support

Dimensions

Height: 22.4 cm
Width: 18.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3397

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

maritime history
boating


buoys



Provenance

anonymous sale, Sotheby's (London), 5 October 1943, lot 11 (as part of an album); purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 21 December 1943 (£3); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 47

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso (only visible via transmitted light): upper right corner, graphite: “Front[?]”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "William Clarkson Stanfield / 1793-1867 / Leaf from a sketchbook".

Collector's mark: none.

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