View of Cairo (?) (formerly 'View of Venice')
Maker
(artist)
1821-1906
1821-1906
Title
View of Cairo (?) (formerly 'View of Venice')
Date of Production
(circa) 1860 - 1879
Medium
watercolour on light blue wove paper, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 16.9 cm
Width: 24.8 cm
Width: 24.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4232
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
Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (no record of purchase, but apparently acquired with D.1952.RW.4233), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 7
p. 7
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check through thick backing sheet.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite, signed with artist’s initials: "HBB". Verso: lower right, graphite: "#6".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite, signed with artist’s initials: "HBB". Verso: lower right, graphite: "#6".
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