Swan and frogs seated at a banquet
Maker
(artist)
1804-1872
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
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
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
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).
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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