Stonehenge
Maker
James Malton (artist)
1761-1803
1761-1803
Title
Stonehenge
Date of Production
1796
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink and watercolour on wove paper, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 22.8 cm
Width: 35.8 cm
Width: 35.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4111
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
menhirs
Provenance
Thomas Agnew & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (mount, lower left), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/01/1965-01/05/1965
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, American Federation of the Arts, Washington, D.C. and nine cities in the USA, 1951
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, American Federation of the Arts, Washington, D.C. and nine cities in the USA, 1951
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Literature
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 26
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 34
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 38
cat. no. 26
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 34
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 38
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, black watercolour, signed and dated:” J MAlton 1796”. Verso (not currently visible b/c laid down on mount, see photo): centre, ink?: “5 [?]”; lower right, graphite: “#13”.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, black watercolour, signed and dated:” J MAlton 1796”. Verso (not currently visible b/c laid down on mount, see photo): centre, ink?: “5 [?]”; lower right, graphite: “#13”.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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