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Coast scene with tower and shipping

Maker

(artist)
1652-1736

Title

Coast scene with tower and shipping

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white and grey bodycolour on laid paper, on a historic support, with large areas of loss filled in at lower right corner

Dimensions

Height: 21.5 cm
Width: 33.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4080

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

Lady Anne Cavendish-Bentinck (1916-2008); purchased from her by Colnaghi (London), 23 June 1948; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 15 February 1949 (£10, as 'Netherlandish, late 17th century'); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: Recto, right centre: circle containing anchor surmounted by a "V" (see tracing in file – no exact match in Briquet or Heawood). Support (historic), Verso: left centre: circle containing fleur-de-lis sumrounted by a "V" (Peter Bower had no further information on either mark).

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: “19”.

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