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Framlingham Castle, Suffolk

Maker

(artist)
1776-1837

Title

Framlingham Castle, Suffolk

Date of Production

(circa) 1800

Medium

graphite, grey wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 10 cm
Width: 17.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3532

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

Thomas Agnew & Sons (London), March-April 1944, no. 104; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

71st annual exhibition of water-colour drawings, Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 01/03/1944-01/04/1944

Literature

Reynolds, Graham, The early paintings and drawings of John Constable, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1996
no. 00.11 on p. 27
pl. 100

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 11

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, upper left corner: fragment of top of Strasburg lily.

Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite, date underlined, hard to read, dated: "about 1800 / When on a visit [?] The Sh [?or Fra?]"; lower centre, graphite: "K5"; lower right, brown ink: "about 1800 –". Backing card (removed), Verso: "The Castle / 104 / Agnews 71 Exhn / March April 1944".

Collector's mark: none.

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