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Landscape

Maker

(artist)
1717-1786

Title

Landscape

Date of Production

1737 - 1786

Medium

grey and brown wash on brown-prepared laid paper, laid down on a mount

Dimensions

Height: 19.7 cm
Width: 26.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4035

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

William Ward, Richmond (1817-1885); Herbert Horne, London and Florence (1864-1916); Sir Edward Marsh (1872-1953); Spink & Son Ltd. (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Drawings and paintings by Alexander Cozens, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield; Tate Gallery, London, 1946

Exhibition of the Herbert Horne collection of drawings : with special reference to the works of Alexander Cozens, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1916

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 14

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: laid down so unable to see, none visible in raking light.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, brown ink: "Alexr. Cozens"; lower left corner, graphite, hard to read: "Open p.d due 530 [?]"; lower right corner, graphite: "WI". Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre, graphite, underlined: "Over door"; upper right, brown ink: "Alexander Cozens, / 17..-1786. / Signed:- / "Alexr. Cozens.""; lower right, graphite, circled: "9"; lower right, brown ink (same as upper right inscription): "From the portfolio of his drawings / acquired by Wm. Ward of Rich- / -mond. Numbered on the back, "21."".

Label: Mount, Verso: upper right, printed, last line added below in grey ink: "16 STUDY OF HERBAGE, ON A HILLSIDE. ALEXANDER COZENS (d. 1786). / 8 by 10 1/2 in. / Signed: "Alexr Cozens." / Burlington Fine Arts Club 1916".

Collector's mark: none.

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