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View of a castle - Dover (?)

Maker

(artist)
1645-1718

Title

View of a castle - Dover (?)

Date of Production

1600 - 1799

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash on laid paper, laid down on a historic support

Dimensions

Height: 17.8 cm
Width: 31.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3417

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

Leonard G. Duke, London (1890-1971); acquired from in (in part exchange for a Richardson drawing) by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower left, brown ink, signed by the artist: "J. Grieffiere fecit.". Support (historic), Verso: centre, graphite, L.G. Duke's hand: "D181/ J. Griffier 1645-1718 / LGD / 10 //"; lower left, graphite: "Old Griffiere born at Amsterdam 1645-".

Collector's mark: Removed, now mounted with the drawing, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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