Romantic landscape
Maker
James Forrester (artist)
1729-1775
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
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
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).
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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