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Street in Chudleigh, Devon

Maker

Hendrik Frans de Cort (artist)
1742-1810

Title

Street in Chudleigh, Devon

Date of Production

1760 - 1810

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, brown and grey-blue wash on wove paper, with scratching out (examined under microscope)

Dimensions

Height: 18 cm
Width: 25.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4332

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

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Provenance

A. Pendrill Charles; his estate sale, Christie's (London), 10 February 1950, lot 30 (with one other); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£3 15s); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 125

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner (in margin left around the drawn area), stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Verso: lower left edge, graphite, modern: “de Cort. RW 4332 Eng John Hollis”.

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