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Ruined castle

Maker

Thomas Manby (artist)
1633-1695

Title

Ruined castle

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

graphite and grey wash on laid paper, laid down on a historic secondary support; a strong vertical centre fold from having been previously folded in half

Dimensions

Height: 25.3 cm
Width: 38.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3413

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

Patrick Allan Fraser, Arbroath (1812-1890); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 10 June 1931, lot 149 (with ten other drawings, as 'Various views in Italy'); purchased there by Iolo Williams (1890-1962); purchased from him by Leonard G. Duke, London (1890-1971), by 1936; acquired from him (in part exchange for a Richardson drawing) by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (lower left), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 34

Williams, Iolo, 'Thomas Manby: A XVIIth Century Landscape Painter' in 'Apollo', May 1936 - 276-77
p. 276 (not explicitly, but was in the lot of 11 drawings mentioned)
see attached PDF

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: left centre: a six-pointed star above an anchor in a circle (no match found in Heawood or Briquet; measures 5.8 cm high and 4 wide).

Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Recto: upper left edge, brown ink: "Manby: 6:". Support (historic), Recto: lower left margin, graphite, L.G. Duke’s hand: "Thomas Manby LGD a.1672-1695". Support (historic), Verso: lower right corner, graphite, erased: "#9". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Thomas Manby / op. 1672-1695 / Colls L. Duke + I. Williams / -- Patrick Allan Fraser Coll. Sotheby. abt 1931".

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