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Romantic landscape

Maker

James Forrester (artist)
1729-1775

Title

Romantic landscape

Date of Production

(?) 1760 - 1769

Medium

pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash and white bodycolour on laid paper laid down on historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 34.4 cm
Width: 23.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3542

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); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 4 January 1944; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 2 May 1944 (£4); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 19

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right of centre: Strasburg lily above "L V G" (too common to identify more securely without countermark present).

Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: centre, graphite, L.G. Duke's hand, artist and dates underlined: "D293/ James Forrester 1729-1775 / cf the two similar drawings at the VoA Mus. / LGD".

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

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