Children climbing among ruins
Maker
(artist)
1792-1871
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
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
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".
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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