Red-throated diver
Maker
(artist)
1680-1744
1680-1744
Title
Red-throated diver
Date of Production
1738
Medium
watercolour and bodycolour on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 37.6 cm
Width: 53.6 cm
Width: 53.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4135
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
Squire Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 10
Taylor, Basil, Animal Painting in England from Barlow to Landseer, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1955.
pl. 12
p. 10
Taylor, Basil, Animal Painting in England from Barlow to Landseer, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1955.
pl. 12
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: crowned fleur-de-lis in a shield.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: "Charl. Collins. Cfect. 1738.". Verso: left centre edge, brown ink: “Log”; lower right corner, graphite: “C. Collins / 5633 / Red-throated Diver in water plunge / #2 / Open / Large”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: "Charl. Collins. Cfect. 1738.". Verso: left centre edge, brown ink: “Log”; lower right corner, graphite: “C. Collins / 5633 / Red-throated Diver in water plunge / #2 / Open / Large”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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