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Ruins of the Palace of Augustus on Mount Palatine

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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).

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