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Plant study (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1784-1849

Title

Plant study (recto)

Date of Production

1812 - 1820

Medium

graphite and watercolour (recto and verso) on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 23.9 cm
Width: 33.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3829

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

William Evans, Eton (1798-1877); Thomas Agnew & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953

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 ...More

Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948 ...Less

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 59

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. 43

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. 62 ...More

Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 20 ...Less

Inscriptions

Inscription: NO 11 / N.I.V Evan / Ballards L[...] R[...] //

Inscription: Support (now removed, see photos), Recto: lower left: "P de Wint"; lower right: "William Evans of Eton Collection".

Label: p. de Wint. Coll. Wm. Evan of Eton/Exhib. Arts Council. 1948-9/ by British Council in Canada, 1949-50/" by American Federation of Arts, Washington, in 9 cities in the U.S.A. 1951."

Inscription: 641

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

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