Fleet at anchor
Maker
(artist)
1751-1779
1751-1779
Title
Fleet at anchor
Date of Production
1776
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, with grey ink framing lines only at right and lower edges
Dimensions
Height: 25.4 cm
Width: 37.7 cm
Width: 37.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3928
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
Efim Schapiro, London (1899-1977); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Verso, centre: "D&C BLAUW" (per Churchill, Dutch paper-maker active 1733-1827).
Inscription: Recto: within drawing, on plank of wood at lower left, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist but so faint is almost illegible: "Kobell invt 1776". Verso: centre, graphite: "113."; lower left, brown ink, underlined: "3"; lower centre, graphite, partly erased: "N R[...] / H. Kobell invt. 1776 / Dutch //"; lower right, graphite: "# 4"; lower right corner, graphite: "1".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: within drawing, on plank of wood at lower left, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist but so faint is almost illegible: "Kobell invt 1776". Verso: centre, graphite: "113."; lower left, brown ink, underlined: "3"; lower centre, graphite, partly erased: "N R[...] / H. Kobell invt. 1776 / Dutch //"; lower right, graphite: "# 4"; lower right corner, graphite: "1".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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