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Two sailing barges with figures

Maker

John Thirtle (artist)
1777-1839

Title

Two sailing barges with figures

Date of Production

1777 - 1839

Medium

black chalk, watercolour and bodycolour on blue-grey wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 13.5 cm
Width: 17.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4195

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

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Provenance

by descent to the family of the artist's wife, Elizabeth Miles; Squire Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower left) n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 50

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: lower centre, graphite: “D/K”; lower right, graphite: “5449 / J. Thirtle / Ex coll. Miss Howell / " artist's wife's family”. Inner mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower centre and right, graphite: “5449 J. Thirtle / Ex coll. artist's wife's family / Sir Robert Witt / Deliver”. Outer mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “John Thirtle / 1774-1839 / Ex Coll. artist's wife's family.".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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