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Landscape with bridge

Maker

William Oram (artist)
1730-1777

Title

Landscape with bridge

Date of Production

1730 - 1777

Medium

black and white chalk and grey wash on blue laid paper, with black and white chalk framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 32.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4352

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

Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (1723-1792), L.3016a (verso, right centre); his estate sale, H. Phillips (London), 5 - 22 March 1798, lot 67 (as per inscription on verso, however, lot 67 is a listed in the catalogue as being prints, '17 historical, from Lambertus, &c.'); Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower right), n.d. (£3); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 37

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: right centre edge, red ink, probably lot in Joshua Reynolds's sale (L.3016a): "Lot 67"; lower right corner, graphite: "+/-/-". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "William Oram. (Oram the Elder) / op. 1730 - m. 1777".

Collector's mark: Verso: right centre edge, written in red: Sir Joshua Reynolds (L.3016a); lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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