Duck - Anas boschas (recto)
Sketch of fins - a fish or mermaid tail (verso)
Maker
(artist)
1765-1822
1765-1822
Title
Duck - Anas boschas (recto)
Sketch of fins - a fish or mermaid tail (verso)
Sketch of fins - a fish or mermaid tail (verso)
Date of Production
(circa) 1813 - 1822
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink and watercolour (recto), graphite (verso), on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 23.3 cm
Width: 17.2 cm
Width: 17.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3686
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
Rudolf Ackermann, London (1764-1834); E. Kersley, London (active 1930-1960); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 15 June 1949; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 3 November 1950, for £4 (along with D.1952.RW.3685, D.1952.RW.4456 and 1 other); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 28
accession number given as 3685A
p. 28
accession number given as 3685A
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, centre: "J WHATMAN / 1813".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Stamp: Recto: upper left corner, blindstamped: ACKERMANN / 191 / REGENT STRT [Rudolph Ackermann, a publisher, established at this address in 1825].
Inscription: Recto: lower left, grey ink, signed: "Howitt"; lower centre, graphite, described: "A. Boschas."; lower right corner, graphite, erased: "16".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Stamp: Recto: upper left corner, blindstamped: ACKERMANN / 191 / REGENT STRT [Rudolph Ackermann, a publisher, established at this address in 1825].
Inscription: Recto: lower left, grey ink, signed: "Howitt"; lower centre, graphite, described: "A. Boschas."; lower right corner, graphite, erased: "16".
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