Battle scene - fight between cavalrymen and infantry
Maker
(artist)
1785-1851
1785-1851
Title
Battle scene - fight between cavalrymen and infantry
Date of Production
(circa) 1819 - 1830
Medium
graphite and watercolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 6.4 cm
Width: 10.6 cm
Width: 10.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4139.2
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
Provenance
Oswald Magniac, London; by descent to Florence A. Magniac, London; her estate sale at Christie's (London), 25 March 1949, lot 101; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), with D.1952.RW.4139.1, for 100 shillings; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 3
p. 3
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left centre edge, cut off, formed of double lines: “[...]IAN" (no matching name found in Heawood - matches the style of 1343 "FABRIANO" but no "O" is discernible in the paper).
Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite, underlined: "3 - 2 (b)".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite, underlined: "3 - 2 (b)".
Collector's mark: none.
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