Plant study - dock (?)
Maker
(artist)
1784-1849
1784-1849
Title
Plant study - dock (?)
Date of Production
1812 - 1820
Medium
graphite and watercolour on wove paper, laid down on a card support
Dimensions
Height: 21.6 cm
Width: 14.1 cm
Width: 14.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3660
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
the artist's widow, Harriet De Wint; by descent to her granddaughter Miss Harriet Helen Tatlock (d. 1922); bequeathed to Miss Muriel Bostock (d. 1942), 1922; Sir Michael Sadler (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. 59
p. 59
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to support; none evident in raking light.
Inscription: 38
Inscription: #5 [or 8]
Inscription: 3821 / The Dock //
Inscription: Dock plant
Inscription: 239 / Ra // [?]
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: 38
Inscription: #5 [or 8]
Inscription: 3821 / The Dock //
Inscription: Dock plant
Inscription: 239 / Ra // [?]
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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