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Sailing barge

Maker

(artist)
1782-1842

Title

Sailing barge

Date of Production

1802 - 1842

Medium

black and white chalk on grey-green wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 13.9 cm
Width: 19.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.383

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

Sir John Witt, London (1907-1982); given by him to his father, Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 13

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Recto: right, black chalk, upper right, artist's hand: "H'or 29 Illy" and lower right: "Timber / B1. Other / off a leaden / ultra flay x / water". Verso: centre, graphite, Witt number: "383".

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