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Battle scene - fight between cavalrymen and infantry

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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.

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