Landscape with tree and meadow - Thorness Bay
Maker
(artist)
1757-1827
1757-1827
Title
Landscape with tree and meadow - Thorness Bay
Date of Production
after 1794
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, watercolour on wove paper, laid down on a historic support
Dimensions
Height: 13.6 cm
Width: 23.4 cm
Width: 23.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3901
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Julian G. Lousada, London (ca. 1874-1945); his sale, Christie's (London), 7 March 1947, lot 46; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£21); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 43
p. 43
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, upper right, cut off by edge: unclear, but seems to read "1794 / J WHATM[...]".
Collector's mark: Historic secondary support, Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper right edge, graphite: "Thorness Bay". Historic mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite, partly erased: "Thomas Rowlandson / 1756–1827 / [...] Bay". Historic secondary support (removed): lower centre, written in black ink: "801."; lower right, written in black ink: "Rowlandson."
Collector's mark: Historic secondary support, Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper right edge, graphite: "Thorness Bay". Historic mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite, partly erased: "Thomas Rowlandson / 1756–1827 / [...] Bay". Historic secondary support (removed): lower centre, written in black ink: "801."; lower right, written in black ink: "Rowlandson."
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