Ruins of the Palace of Augustus on Mount Palatine
Maker
(artist)
1792-1871
1792-1871
Title
Ruins of the Palace of Augustus on Mount Palatine
Date of Production
(1 January) 1817
Medium
black chalk, watercolour and white bodycolour on brown wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 14.7 cm
Width: 21 cm
Width: 21 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4254
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), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 26
p. 26
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, titled, dated and signed: "part of the Palace of Augustus. Mt Palatine / Jany 1. 1817. GH.". Verso: centre, graphite: "S+d G.H. 1817"; right centre, graphite: "G. Heriot - / J. G. Herron / 1810. 26 Exhibiting"; lower left, graphite, erased, hard to read: "H+ [illegible] School [?]"; lower right, graphite: "#16 / Wash".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, titled, dated and signed: "part of the Palace of Augustus. Mt Palatine / Jany 1. 1817. GH.". Verso: centre, graphite: "S+d G.H. 1817"; right centre, graphite: "G. Heriot - / J. G. Herron / 1810. 26 Exhibiting"; lower left, graphite, erased, hard to read: "H+ [illegible] School [?]"; lower right, graphite: "#16 / Wash".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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