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Two horses in a field

Maker

Edwin Cooper (artist)
1785-1833

Title

Two horses in a field

Date of Production

1818

Medium

graphite on heavy wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 25.9 cm
Width: 39.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4350

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

Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 13

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, signed and dated: "Edwin Cooper fecit / 1818.". Verso: right centre, graphite, circled: "6032". Mount (removed, now in object file): graphite: "pbl [pbc?] + co / T/-/- / 8/8/-"; black ink: "Edwin / Cooper / 4350".

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