Mule in harness
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1802-1873
(artist)
1802-1873
Title
Mule in harness
Date of Production
1800 - 1899
Medium
graphite, watercolour on wove paper, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 24.1 cm
Width: 29.1 cm
Width: 29.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3801
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
Beaux-Arts Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 30
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 46
p. 30
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 46
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre margin, first line in brown ink, second in graphite: "SIR EDWIN LANDSEER R.A. / 1802-1873". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left, graphite, circled: "14"; lower left, graphite: "Exhib. Arts Council. 1948/9".
Collector's mark: Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre margin, first line in brown ink, second in graphite: "SIR EDWIN LANDSEER R.A. / 1802-1873". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left, graphite, circled: "14"; lower left, graphite: "Exhib. Arts Council. 1948/9".
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