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Landscape with river, castles and figures

Maker

(artist)
1728-1792

Title

Landscape with river, castles and figures

Date of Production

1787

Medium

pen and brown ink, watercolour and gum arabic on laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 24.4 cm
Width: 30.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4091

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

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Provenance

Ancient & Modern Art (London); purchased there by Colnaghi (London), 21 January 1949; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 15 February 1949 (£10); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/06/1979-01/09/1979

Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976-78

English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/01/1965-01/05/1965

Literature

English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1979
cat. no. 16

Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976 - 1978
cat. no. 19
ill. repr.

English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 19 ...More

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 3 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

Inscription: Recto: lower left, pen and brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: "Robt Adam 1787". Verso: upper left, pen and brown ink: "No. 100"; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A16076".

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