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Buildings at Bessels Leigh

Maker

(artist)
1731-1812

Title

Buildings at Bessels Leigh

Date of Production

(21 June) 1782

Medium

graphite and grey wash on laid paper, laid down on a paper support

Dimensions

Height: 24.7 cm
Width: 38.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4320

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 (lower left); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

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

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink, dated: "1782". Verso (hidden under support, visible via transmitted light): lower left edge, graphite? artist’s hand (according to Iolo Williams): "Bessels Leigh – June 21 – 1782- /2". Support (historic), Recto: lower margin, graphite: “4320 / Bessels Leigh - June 21-1782 /2 (in the afternoon (Hold up to light.) J. Malchair #3 W"; lower right corner, graphite, erased so can only read one word: “[...] Dayes" [or Davies?]. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “John Malchair / 1731-1813 / Inscribed on reverse. Bessels Leigh. June 21. 1782 / 2 (in the afternoon)".

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

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