Broadstairs Castle
Maker
(artist)
1776-1837
1776-1837
Title
Broadstairs Castle
Date of Production
(27 August) 1806
Medium
graphite and watercolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 17.7 cm
Width: 26 cm
Width: 26 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3758
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
Leggatt Bros (London); purchased from there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; 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
Two hundred years of British painting, Public Library and Art Gallery, Huddersfield, 16/05/1946-13/07/1946
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
Two hundred years of British painting, Public Library and Art Gallery, Huddersfield, 16/05/1946-13/07/1946
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 13
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. 7
p. 13
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. 7
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: lower right corner, cut off: "[...]01 / [...]TMAN" (as in "1801 / J WHATMAN").
Inscription: Verso: upper right, brown ink, possibly located and dated in artist's hand: "Broad Stairs 27 Augt. 1806."; centre, graphite: "J. Constable".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: upper right, brown ink, possibly located and dated in artist's hand: "Broad Stairs 27 Augt. 1806."; centre, graphite: "J. Constable".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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