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Two pheasants

Maker

(artist)
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

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

Inscriptions

Inscription: [...]it-Birkett

Inscription: 895 S B G

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