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Swan and frogs seated at a banquet

Maker

(artist)
1804-1872

Title

Swan and frogs seated at a banquet

Date of Production

(circa) 1850

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolour on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 25.9 cm
Width: 22.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3675

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

Dr Carl Robert Rudolf, London (1884-1974); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 20 January 1945; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower left), 30 January 1945, for £4; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, American Federation of the Arts, Washington, D.C. and nine cities in the USA, 1951

Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 15

Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 16

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, signed: "Alfred Crowquill . deln". Support (removed, now in object file): graphite: "Exhibited by British Council in Canada 1949/50 / " " American Federation of Arts, Washington, in 9 cities in the U.S.A. 1951 / 3675" and "Alfred Henry Crowquill (Forrester) / 1804 - 1872 / Signed Alfred Crowquill deln / T.O.".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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