Oak tree
Maker
(artist)
1789-1862
1789-1862
Title
Oak tree
Medium
graphite and brown wash on wove paper, laid down on a historic mount, the margins of which (as well as the edges of the drawing) are now covered in varnish and scraps of paper from the removal of a former mount cover
Dimensions
Height: 26.9 cm
Width: 37.1 cm
Width: 37.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3658
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
Sir Michael Sadler, Oxford (1861-1943); Thomas Agnew & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 53
p. 53
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down; none evident in raking light.
Inscription: An old oak in the High Lodge Blenheim P.
Inscription: 1443
Inscription: no 4 / Wm Turner / Blenheim oak //
Inscription: 3806
Inscription: [...]13 [?]
Inscription: An old oak in the High Lodge Blenheim P.
Inscription: 1443
Inscription: no 4 / Wm Turner / Blenheim oak //
Inscription: 3806
Inscription: [...]13 [?]
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