The Sunday League excursionists at Hastings
Maker
(artist)
1824-1883
1824-1883
Title
The Sunday League excursionists at Hastings
Date of Production
1868
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolour and bodycolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 27.6 cm
Width: 37.1 cm
Width: 37.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4326
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
Sightseers
Provenance
Squire Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£8.5); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 17
p. 17
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper left, within the drawing, yellow watercolour: “GOLDEN”; lower left of centre, graphite: inscription now erased and illegible, first letter looks like “M”; lower left corner, grey ink: “5381”. Mount (removed, now in object file), Recto: brown ink: “Sunday League Excursionists after a Sundays improvement at the Seaside ! / Sketched from Life Sept [abraded]th 1868 / Respectfully Dedicated (without permission) to the Committee of the Hastings Branch of the Sunday League.”; graphite: “5381 / R. Doyle”. Mount (removed, now in object file), Verso: left, black ink: “5381 / Richard Doyle”; centre, graphite: “10 1/4 x 14 1/4 / 18 x 22”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left, within the drawing, yellow watercolour: “GOLDEN”; lower left of centre, graphite: inscription now erased and illegible, first letter looks like “M”; lower left corner, grey ink: “5381”. Mount (removed, now in object file), Recto: brown ink: “Sunday League Excursionists after a Sundays improvement at the Seaside ! / Sketched from Life Sept [abraded]th 1868 / Respectfully Dedicated (without permission) to the Committee of the Hastings Branch of the Sunday League.”; graphite: “5381 / R. Doyle”. Mount (removed, now in object file), Verso: left, black ink: “5381 / Richard Doyle”; centre, graphite: “10 1/4 x 14 1/4 / 18 x 22”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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