View of estuary with figures standing on a promontory beside a building emitting smoke from its chimney
Maker
(artist)
1753-1839
1753-1839
Title
View of estuary with figures standing on a promontory beside a building emitting smoke from its chimney
Date of Production
1753 - 1839
Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 16.3 cm
Width: 27.1 cm
Width: 27.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3584
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
Dr Carl Robert Rudolf, London (1884-1974); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 4 October 1943; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 20 June 1944, for £4; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 6
p. 6
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper right, graphite: "#3"; lower left, graphite: "SIR WILLIAM BEECHEY".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper right, graphite: "#3"; lower left, graphite: "SIR WILLIAM BEECHEY".
Collector's mark: none.
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