View of Greenwich village
Maker
(artist)
1723-1798
1723-1798
Title
View of Greenwich village
Date of Production
1776
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, watercolour on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 17.6 cm
Width: 34.2 cm
Width: 34.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3918
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
Notes
After working as a military surveyor, Sandby was commissioned to produce views of the grounds at Windsor under the employment of the Duke of Cumberland. He used the medium of watercolour expressively, employing swathes of colour often at odds with the graphite sketches beneath, and with particular emphasis on contrasts of light and shade.
Provenance
Walker Galleries (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/06/1979-01/09/1979
English Landscape Drawings [catalogue not found], Rye Art Gallery, England, 1971
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/01/1965-01/05/1965 ...More
Festival of Britain exhibition of Nottinghamshire art past and present together with certain portraits and relics relating to the history of the county, and a reminder of English taste in the reign of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria., Nottingham Castle Museum, England, 15/09/1951-06/10/1951 ...Less
English Landscape Drawings [catalogue not found], Rye Art Gallery, England, 1971
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/01/1965-01/05/1965 ...More
Festival of Britain exhibition of Nottinghamshire art past and present together with certain portraits and relics relating to the history of the county, and a reminder of English taste in the reign of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria., Nottingham Castle Museum, England, 15/09/1951-06/10/1951 ...Less
Literature
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1979
cat. no. 11
pl. I
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 4
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 45
cat. no. 11
pl. I
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 4
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 45
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: left centre (on roof at right), graphite: "B"; left centre (on wall of building), graphite: "NB" [for "New Brick"]; lower left centre (on doorway within drawing), graphite: "OB" [for "Old Brick"]; lower centre (on large house at right), graphite: "B"; on large house at right (to right of window), graphite: "white". Verso: upper centre, graphite, erased: "2 [rest erased] / 3".
Collector's mark: none.
Label: Removed, now missing, recorded in object file: "Top of Croombs Hill, Greenwich - 1776.".
Inscription: Recto: left centre (on roof at right), graphite: "B"; left centre (on wall of building), graphite: "NB" [for "New Brick"]; lower left centre (on doorway within drawing), graphite: "OB" [for "Old Brick"]; lower centre (on large house at right), graphite: "B"; on large house at right (to right of window), graphite: "white". Verso: upper centre, graphite, erased: "2 [rest erased] / 3".
Collector's mark: none.
Label: Removed, now missing, recorded in object file: "Top of Croombs Hill, Greenwich - 1776.".
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