Pulley, anchor, buoys and other objects
Maker
(artist)
1793-1867
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
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
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
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.
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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