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Two ruins of Wenlock

Maker

(artist)
1773-1845

Title

Two ruins of Wenlock

Date of Production

(8 July) 1802

Medium

graphite, grey and brown wash on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 12.6 cm
Width: 22.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3965

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

Archdeacon F.H.D. Smythe; given by him to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 36

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: upper left, graphite, cut off at left, dated: "[...]k July 8th. 1802."; upper right, graphite, cut off at right, located and dated: "Wenlock. July 8th. 18[...]"; lower right, graphite, signed: "P.S Munn.". Verso: upper left, graphite: "2.14 / 7 / 3..3 / 3..3 / 1.4 / 1.19 6"; lower right corner, graphite: "#3"; lower left corner, graphite, abraded: "44".

Collector's mark: none.

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