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Ostler and coachman outside an inn

Maker

(artist)
1750-1811

Title

Ostler and coachman outside an inn

Date of Production

1770 - 1811

Medium

graphite and grey wash on yellow-prepared laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 24.1 cm
Width: 26.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3459

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

Leonard G. Duke, London (1890-1971); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 10 November 1943; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 18 January 1944, for £3; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Henry William Bunbury, 1750-1811, Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, Suffolk, England, 26/02/1983-10/04/1983

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 8

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

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

Inscription: Recto: upper right, above sign, graphite: “WINES" and on the sign: "JOHN TOWWOUSE from WELLS"; lower left corner, grey wash, signed by the artist: "H.W. Bunbury". Verso: lower centre edge, graphite: "Bunbury".

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