Shop scene
Maker
(artist)
1864-1903
1864-1903
Title
Shop scene
Date of Production
1894
Medium
graphite, pen and black ink on card
Dimensions
Height: 28.6 cm
Width: 21.4 cm
Width: 21.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3820
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
grocery stores
Provenance
Sotheby's (London), 18 April 1946, lot 75 or 85 (with D.1952.RW.3821); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (lower left); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Cartoonists of the British School, East Kent and Folkestone Arts Centre, Folkestone, UK, 16/03/1968-20/04/1968
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 34
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 29
p. 34
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 29
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right and centre (within drawing), black ink: "TEA COFFEE / HUDSONS / BLUE / POWDER"; centre (on desk), black ink: "YARMOUTH BLOATERS / ACCOUNT BOOK"; lower left, pen and black ink, signed and dated: "PHIL MAY 94."; lower right, black ink over graphite, caption: "Penny addick" / "FINEN?" / "NO FICK UN.". Verso: centre, blue crayon: "Please return to / Phil May / c/o M. Harry Thompson / 7 Rue Lemaitre / Puteaut / Paris"; left centre edge, graphite: "10 1/8 x 7 1/2 / 7 1/2 7 / 17 5/8 14 ½"; lower left, graphite, circled, large: "73".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper right and centre (within drawing), black ink: "TEA COFFEE / HUDSONS / BLUE / POWDER"; centre (on desk), black ink: "YARMOUTH BLOATERS / ACCOUNT BOOK"; lower left, pen and black ink, signed and dated: "PHIL MAY 94."; lower right, black ink over graphite, caption: "Penny addick" / "FINEN?" / "NO FICK UN.". Verso: centre, blue crayon: "Please return to / Phil May / c/o M. Harry Thompson / 7 Rue Lemaitre / Puteaut / Paris"; left centre edge, graphite: "10 1/8 x 7 1/2 / 7 1/2 7 / 17 5/8 14 ½"; lower left, graphite, circled, large: "73".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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