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Temple Bar in the Strand, London

Maker

(artist)
1726-1801

Title

Temple Bar in the Strand, London

Date of Production

(circa) 1770 - 1780

Medium

graphite, pen and grey ink, watercolour on laid paper, with grey ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 26 cm
Width: 35.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4316

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

Thomas Agnew & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), by January 1950; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/06/1979-01/09/1979

English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/01/1965-01/05/1965

Englische Aquarelle, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie, and China, 1963-64 ...More

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953 ...Less

Literature

English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1979
cat. no. 13

English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 12

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 1963-64, Englische Aquarelle
unpag. ...More

Exhibition of British water-colour painting during three centuries, China, 1963
p. 2

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 34

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 27 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Verso, right of centre: "J WHATMAN".

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: none.

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