Imaginary coast scene, with figures
Maker
(artist)
1757-1827
1757-1827
Title
Imaginary coast scene, with figures
Date of Production
1757 - 1827
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolour on feigned card mount with pre-printed (etching and aquatint) borders
Dimensions
Height: 34 cm
Width: 42 cm
Width: 42 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3605
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
O. Alexander (?); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 25 August 1944; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 25 September 1944 (£35); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
?, New Zealand, 1975
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 43
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 35
Carlisle, Anne, Les dessins anglais au XIXe siecle, Paris, Hyperion, 1950
ill. ...More
Lavauden, Therese, 'La Mer et la Genie Anglais' in 'Formes et Couleurs', Autumn 1947
ill.
in file ...Less
p. 43
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 35
Carlisle, Anne, Les dessins anglais au XIXe siecle, Paris, Hyperion, 1950
ill. ...More
Lavauden, Therese, 'La Mer et la Genie Anglais' in 'Formes et Couleurs', Autumn 1947
ill.
in file ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner of margin, graphite: "134"; lower left edge of margin, graphite, erased and mostly illegible: "O[...] D[...]"; lower right edge of margin, graphite, erased: "* 26 7/6". Verso: lower left, graphite, hard to read: "suvo" [?]. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left, graphite: "Reproduced in "Formes et Couleurs" 1947 Autumn Number. / " " des dessins anglais aux XIX siecle.' Edition Hyperion 1951. p. 64 'Bateaux et g[erased word]!'"; lower right, graphite: "Thomas Rowlandson / 1756-1827 / on one of Rowlandson's own mounts / (feigned mount. WB. '89).".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner of margin, graphite: "134"; lower left edge of margin, graphite, erased and mostly illegible: "O[...] D[...]"; lower right edge of margin, graphite, erased: "* 26 7/6". Verso: lower left, graphite, hard to read: "suvo" [?]. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left, graphite: "Reproduced in "Formes et Couleurs" 1947 Autumn Number. / " " des dessins anglais aux XIX siecle.' Edition Hyperion 1951. p. 64 'Bateaux et g[erased word]!'"; lower right, graphite: "Thomas Rowlandson / 1756-1827 / on one of Rowlandson's own mounts / (feigned mount. WB. '89).".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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