Crossing a torrent by a rope bridge at Bhutan, India
Maker
(artist)
1769-1837
1769-1837
Title
Crossing a torrent by a rope bridge at Bhutan, India
Date of Production
(circa) 1784 - 1794
Medium
graphite, watercolour and scratching out on card, with brown ink framing lines, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 14.9 cm
Width: 9.7 cm
Width: 9.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4087.1
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
Archdeacon Francis Henry Dumville Smythe (1873-1966); given by him to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Englische Aquarelle, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie, and China, 1963-64
Literature
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 1963-64, Englische Aquarelle
unpag.
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 16
unpag.
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 16
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down and card is too thick.
Inscription: Mount, Recto: upper right, graphite: "22 ,"; left centre, graphite: "Twin" [same inscribed on D.1952.RW.4087.2]; lower centre, graphite: "Passing a Torrent at Bootan"; lower centre, graphite, Witt number: "4087 A"; lower right, graphite: "W. Daniell_ / 1769 – 1837".
Collector's mark: Mount, Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount, Recto: upper right, graphite: "22 ,"; left centre, graphite: "Twin" [same inscribed on D.1952.RW.4087.2]; lower centre, graphite: "Passing a Torrent at Bootan"; lower centre, graphite, Witt number: "4087 A"; lower right, graphite: "W. Daniell_ / 1769 – 1837".
Collector's mark: Mount, Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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