Two pheasants
Maker
(artist)
1784-1849
1784-1849
Title
Two pheasants
Medium
watercolour washed with a fixative on wove paper, laid down on Japanese tissue
Dimensions
Height: 18.4 cm
Width: 24.2 cm
Width: 24.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4073
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
Thomas Agnew & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Peter De Wint, 1784-1849: A Bicentenary Exhibition, Stoke-on-Trent City Museum and Art Gallery, 24/11/1984-12/01/1985
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 59
p. 59
Inscriptions
Inscription: [...]it-Birkett
Inscription: 895 S B G
Inscription: 895 S B G
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