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Landscape viewed from the parapet of a castle

Maker

(artist)
1751-1812

Title

Landscape viewed from the parapet of a castle

Date of Production

1751 - 1812

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 27.3 cm
Width: 40.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3421

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

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Provenance

Robinson & Fisher (London dealer, active from 1884); purchased there in a mixed lot by Leonard G. Duke, London (1890-1971), June 1931, for about £1 (shared the lot with A.P. Oppé; Duke inventory number D.700); acquired from him in part exchange by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

The above information supplied from Duke's inventory catalogue in the British Museum.

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 4

Inscriptions

Watermark: centre: circle containing fleur-de-lis.

Inscription: Verso: graphite, L.G. Duke's hand: "Lord Aylesford / LGD".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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