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Ships on a rough sea

Maker

(artist)
1772-1839

Title

Ships on a rough sea

Date of Production

1700 - 1899

Medium

brown wash on brown-prepared laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 10.4 cm
Width: 18.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4362

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

hazards
aids to navigation




Provenance

Squire Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Louis Francia 1772-1839, Calais & France, 15/10/1988-09/01/1989

Literature

Louis Francia 1772-1839, Calais, France, 1988-1989
cat. no. 47
ill.

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to backing sheet.

Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower left on driftwood, brown ink, signed with the artist's monogram: "LF". Verso (backing sheet): upper left corner, graphite: "6"; lower left, graphite: "4234"; lower centre, graphite: "45"; lower right, graphite: "K.C. Pink / C / papaulsi [?] //".

Collector's mark: none.

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