Gateway of Malvern Priory

Maker

(artist)
1775-1802

After
(artist)
1775-1851

Title

Gateway of Malvern Priory

Date of Production

(?) 1795

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink and watercolour on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 31 cm
Width: 18.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3657

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords


Provenance

Sir Michael Sadler (1861-1943); Thomas Agnew & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (£120); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Loan Exhibition of Watercolours by Thomas Girtin, Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1953

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 24

Girtin, Thomas and David Loshak, The art of Thomas Girtin: with a catalogue and 109 illustrations, London, 1954
no. 90

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: lower centre edge, fragment: tips of curlicues - one could be the number "3".

Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite, crossed out: "French".

Collector's mark: none.

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