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Interior of Saint Paul's, London

Maker

(artist)
1730-1791

Title

Interior of Saint Paul's, London

Date of Production

1764

Medium

red and black chalk with stumping on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 35.5 cm
Width: 33.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4267

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

Galerie de Bayser (Paris); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Nottingham, 01/05/1972-01/06/1972

Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Southampton, 16/02/1970-04/03/1970

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961

Literature

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 36

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Verso, centre: Strasburg lily above “GR”.

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: “Gr. Fc. Blondel. 1764”. Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “#8”; upper right, graphite: “1”; upper centre, graphite: “7”; lower centre and again below that, graphite, erased: “St. Paulo”; lower right, graphite, circled, erased: “470”; lower right, graphite, date of drawing: “1764”; lower left, graphite, erased, Witt number: “4247”, the “4” crossed out and “6” written above; lower right corner, graphite, unclear: “Ope ½ […]”.

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

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