Landscape, looking towards Lancaster
Maker
(artist)
1729-1816
1729-1816
Title
Landscape, looking towards Lancaster
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash, blue watercolour on laid paper, framed in grey ink with a sizable margin
Dimensions
Height: 36.5 cm
Width: 51.1 cm
Width: 51.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3699
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
David McAdam, first Viscount Eccles (1904-1999); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 22 February 1945; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 9 March 1945 (£8); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/06/1979-01/09/1979
Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976-78
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/01/1965-01/05/1965 ...More
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 from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948 ...Less
Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976-78
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/01/1965-01/05/1965 ...More
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 from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948 ...Less
Literature
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1979
cat. no. 35
Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976 - 1978
cat. no. 25
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 37 ...More
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 17
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. 19
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 17 ...Less
cat. no. 35
Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976 - 1978
cat. no. 25
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 37 ...More
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 17
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. 19
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 17 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: crowned shield containing fleur-de-lis above letters "GR".
Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, first word in blue ink, the rest in grey: "Lancaster from Halton".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner of margin, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, first word in blue ink, the rest in grey: "Lancaster from Halton".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner of margin, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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