Plant study (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1784-1849
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
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
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
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)
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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