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View of Oxford with Magdalen College Tower

Maker

(artist)
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 an historic support

Dimensions

Height: 23.9 cm
Width: 37.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3920

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

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

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: Support (historic), Recto: lower centre margin, graphite: "by John Baptist Malchair. / 1727/31-1812". Support (historic), Verso: lower centre margin, graphite: "Magdalen College from High Street Oxford. Early morning". 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".

Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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