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Roman ruin

Maker

(artist)
1770-1825

Title

Roman ruin

Date of Production

1770 - 1825

Medium

graphite, pen and grey ink and grey wash on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 23.9 cm
Width: 34 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3968

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

This drawing and D.1952.RW.3969 appear to be related to a group of five drawings by Ferdinand Becker given to the British Museum by Archdeacon F.H.D Smythe in 1948 (inv. nos. 1948,0519.1-5).

Provenance

Archdeacon Francis Henry Dumville Smythe (1873-1966); 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. 5

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: unable to see clearly - flowers?

Inscription: Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: upper right corner, pen and brown ink: "17."; lower left, graphite, first word unclear: "[...] is ___ opposite the Caesar's palace"; lower left, pen and brown ink: "A Gateway."; lower right, graphite: "#2".

Collector's mark: none.

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