Street scene in Paris
Maker
(artist)
1757-1827
1757-1827
Title
Street scene in Paris
Date of Production
1772 - 1774 or 1790?
Medium
graphite, pen and brown and grey ink, brown and grey wash on wove paper, laid down on a historic card support
Dimensions
Height: 21 cm
Width: 27 cm
Width: 27 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3611
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
Lord Clive Wigram (1873-1960); purchased from him by Fine Art Society (London), n.d.; purchased there by Colnaghi (London), 15 September 1944; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 9 October 1944, for £23; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Huit siecles de Vie Britannique à Paris, Musée Galliéra, Paris, 1948
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 43
p. 43
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right (within drawing), pen and grey ink: "HOTEL DE / MONTMORENCY". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left, graphite: "Exhibited Paris. Musee Galleries. 1948."; lower right, graphite: "Thomas Rowlandson / 1756-1827 / Street scene in Paris / c. 1790".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper right (within drawing), pen and grey ink: "HOTEL DE / MONTMORENCY". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left, graphite: "Exhibited Paris. Musee Galleries. 1948."; lower right, graphite: "Thomas Rowlandson / 1756-1827 / Street scene in Paris / c. 1790".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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