Bernkastel on the Mosel
Maker
(artist)
1812-1908
1812-1908
Title
Bernkastel on the Mosel
Date of Production
1844
Medium
graphite, watercolour and bodycolour on wove paper, laid down on card
Dimensions
Height: 50.8 cm
Width: 33.3 cm
Width: 33.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4297
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
Sotheby's (London), n.d., lot 12; purchased there by E. Kersley, London (active 1930-1960); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 27 June 1947; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 22 December 1949 (£23); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Reynolds, Jan, William Callow R.W.S., London / B T Batsford Ltd. 1980
p. 170
Witt no. 4297
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 9
p. 170
Witt no. 4297
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 9
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none visible, as is laid down.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown watercolour, signed by the artist: “Wm Callow”; below that, in graphite, also in artist’s hand, underlined: “Bemcastel / Moselle Oct.15.44.”. Card support, Verso: lower centre edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A.14596”
Collector's mark: Card support, Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown watercolour, signed by the artist: “Wm Callow”; below that, in graphite, also in artist’s hand, underlined: “Bemcastel / Moselle Oct.15.44.”. Card support, Verso: lower centre edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A.14596”
Collector's mark: Card support, Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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