View of Oxford with Magdalen College Tower
Maker
(artist)
1731-1812
1731-1812
Title
View of Oxford with Magdalen College Tower
Date of Production
1731-1812
Medium
graphite, grey wash and watercolour on laid paper, inlaid in a historic secondary support
Dimensions
Height: 23.9 cm
Width: 37.2 cm
Width: 37.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3920
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
Walker Galleries (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (lower left), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 34
p. 34
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, centre: "J BUTTANSHAW" (John Buttanshaw had a mill in West Peckham, Kent; his marks appear in sheets in other collections with dates 1796, 1798, 1801; apparently he received a Foudrinier in 1807. He died in 1827).
Inscription: Historic mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower centre margin, black ink: "Magdalen College, Oxford / J. B. MALCHAIR. / 1727/31–1812."; lower right, graphite: "John Baptiste Malchair / Brit. 1731–1813". Historic secondary support (removed), Recto: lower centre margin, graphite: "by John Baptist Malchair. / 1727/31-1812." Verso: lower centre margin, graphite: "Magdalen College from High Street Oxford. Early morning."; graphite: [circled] "99"
Collector's mark: Historic secondary support, Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Historic mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower centre margin, black ink: "Magdalen College, Oxford / J. B. MALCHAIR. / 1727/31–1812."; lower right, graphite: "John Baptiste Malchair / Brit. 1731–1813". Historic secondary support (removed), Recto: lower centre margin, graphite: "by John Baptist Malchair. / 1727/31-1812." Verso: lower centre margin, graphite: "Magdalen College from High Street Oxford. Early morning."; graphite: [circled] "99"
Collector's mark: Historic secondary support, Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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