Exterior of 43 Gerrard Street, London
Maker
(artist)
1793-1864
1793-1864
Title
Exterior of 43 Gerrard Street, London
Date of Production
1857
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash, watercolour and touches of white bodycolour on wove paper, laid down on a card support
Dimensions
Height: 24.9 cm
Width: 17.3 cm
Width: 17.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4047
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 (verso, lower left) n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 46
p. 46
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to card support; none evident in raking light.
Inscription: Recto: within drawing, repeated twice at lower centre on columns, brown ink: “43”; within drawing, lower centre, brown ink over graphite: “RUDOLPH APPEL / Patantee anastatic apelotype. / B[...] / ATIST [sic] / AND / ENGRAVER / [...]”; lower left edge, brown ink, signed and dated: “T H Shepherd 1857”. Support (historic), Recto: lower centre margin, brown ink over graphite: “43 Gerrard St formerly the residence of / John Dryden”. Support (historic), Verso: centre, graphite: “43 Gerrard St. / Formerly the residence / of John Dryden.”; lower left, graphite, circled: “3”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Thomas Hosmer Shepherd / c. 1824-1860 / 43 Gerrard Street / former residence of John Dryden / signed + dated 1857.”.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: within drawing, repeated twice at lower centre on columns, brown ink: “43”; within drawing, lower centre, brown ink over graphite: “RUDOLPH APPEL / Patantee anastatic apelotype. / B[...] / ATIST [sic] / AND / ENGRAVER / [...]”; lower left edge, brown ink, signed and dated: “T H Shepherd 1857”. Support (historic), Recto: lower centre margin, brown ink over graphite: “43 Gerrard St formerly the residence of / John Dryden”. Support (historic), Verso: centre, graphite: “43 Gerrard St. / Formerly the residence / of John Dryden.”; lower left, graphite, circled: “3”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Thomas Hosmer Shepherd / c. 1824-1860 / 43 Gerrard Street / former residence of John Dryden / signed + dated 1857.”.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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