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Mountain landscape, with men driving cattle

Maker

(artist)
1729-1816

Title

Mountain landscape, with men driving cattle

Date of Production

1744 - 1816

Medium

graphite, pen and grey ink, grey and brown wash on laid paper, with dark brown ink framing lines, laid down on a green paper support

Dimensions

Height: 14.2 cm
Width: 18.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4046

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

Ellis and Smith (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/01/1965-01/05/1965

Literature

English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 39

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 17

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: none in the drawing sheet. Support (historic): lower centre edge, fragment: lower half of a Strasburg lily above “GR”.

Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, graphite, Wittt number: “4046”; lower right edge, graphite: “[?]/m to clip book”. Support (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “7”.

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

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