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Abyssinian roller

Maker

(artist)
1765-1822

Title

Abyssinian roller

Date of Production

1765 - 1822

Medium

watercolour on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 21.9 cm
Width: 17.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3772

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

Leonard G. Duke, London (1890-1971); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 9 June 1945; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 8 September 1945 (£3); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 28

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, graphite: "12"; lower right of centre, grey ink: "Howitt". Verso: lower right, graphite: "B"; lower right corner, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A13057". Mount (removed, now cut down and in object file): graphite: "Samuel Howitt / c 1765-1822 / The Abyssinian Roller / Signed / (Abyssinian Paradise Flycatcher) / Coll. L. Duke".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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