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View of Cairo (?) (formerly 'View of Venice')

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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".

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