Abyssinian roller
Maker
(artist)
1765-1822
1765-1822
Title
Abyssinian roller
Date of Production
1765 - 1822
Medium
watercolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 21.9 cm
Width: 17.2 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
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).
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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