Wounded stag standing in a stream
Maker
(artist)
1802-1873
1802-1873
Title
Wounded stag standing in a stream
Date of Production
(circa) 1849
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown wash and touches of red bodycolour on card
Dimensions
Height: 16.6 cm
Width: 21.9 cm
Width: 21.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4118.2
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
Label Text
In Landseer's most famous painting, The Monarch of the Glen, a monumental stag in solitary splendour represents untamed grandeur and the freedom of the wild. On a smaller scale, the wounded stag in this sketch points to the cruel or tragic forces which frequently overcome these noble creatures. In Victorian Britain Landseer's heroic portraits of stags gained iconic status.
Provenance
Charles Russell, Kingsford; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 9 March 1949, lot 35; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£4, along with D.1952.RW.4118.1); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 30
p. 30
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, lower right: "J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL".
Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite: "#7 B".
Collector's mark: ? Recto, upper right corner, offset from a blindstamp?: a bounded circle with writing in the outer border, in the centre a large capital "M" (not found in Lugt). Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite: "#7 B".
Collector's mark: ? Recto, upper right corner, offset from a blindstamp?: a bounded circle with writing in the outer border, in the centre a large capital "M" (not found in Lugt). Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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