University College, Oxford

Maker

(artist)
1808-1878

Title

University College, Oxford

Date of Production

1808 - 1878

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolour and bodycolour on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 33.4 cm
Width: 24.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4119

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






quadrangles

Provenance

probably Thomas Agnew & Sons (London) [their former label, now kept separately from the file]; Charles Russell, Kingsford; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 9 March 1949, lot 47; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£16); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 36

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, graphite: "x". Verso: lower left, graphite: "Univ. Coll - Oxford. / Nash"; lower right corner, graphite, underlined, first number abraded: "48" [?].

Label: Detached from old mount, now kept separately from file, printed: "University College, Oxford. / J. Nash [...]"; Detached from old mount, now kept separately from file, printed: "Thomas Agnew & Sons, fine art publishers to his Majesty, Manchester and London.".

Collector's mark: none.

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