Circus
Maker
(artist)
1757-1827
1757-1827
Title
Circus
Date of Production
1757 - 1827
Medium
graphite, pen and brown and grey ink, watercolour on wove paper, laid down on a card support; transmitted light reveals what appears to be a drawing on the verso but support is too thick to see clearly
Dimensions
Height: 14.1 cm
Width: 23 cm
Width: 23 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3716
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Aerialists
Provenance
S. Gould (?); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 16 April 1945; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 21 April 1945, for £20; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 43
p. 43
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as card support is too thick.
Inscription: Support (historic), Verso: upper right, graphite, circled: "No. 526". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Thomas Rowlandson / 1756-1827 / The circus".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Support (historic), Verso: upper right, graphite, circled: "No. 526". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Thomas Rowlandson / 1756-1827 / The circus".
Collector's mark: none.
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