Gatehouse of Bermondsey Abbey
Maker
C. John M. Whichelo (artist)
1784-1865
1784-1865
Title
Gatehouse of Bermondsey Abbey
Date of Production
1804
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash on wove paper with multiple grey ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 18.8 cm
Width: 25.2 cm
Width: 25.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4331
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
gatehouses
Provenance
John Rushout, Lord Northwick (1770-1859); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 9 February 1927, lot 68; A. Pendrill Charles; his estate sale, Christie's (London), 10 February 1950, lot 78; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 56
p. 56
Inscriptions
Inscription: J. Wichelo : 1804
Inscription: Gate of Bermondsey Abbey / £5.5.0 //
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: Gate of Bermondsey Abbey / £5.5.0 //
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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