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Children climbing among ruins

Maker

(artist)
1792-1871

Title

Children climbing among ruins

Date of Production

1807 - 1871

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 9.4 cm
Width: 14.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4368.2

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

Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 26

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Verso, lower right corner, fragment: lower portion of a coat of arms with a crenellated border, above a word, can only read middle letters "HOR" (no matches found in Heawood, see photo).

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

Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink, signed, first two letters in monogram: "GH from Nature". Verso: centre, graphite: "Sir G Hayter".

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