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Landscape with estuary, ships and figures

Maker

(artist)
1716-1803

Title

Landscape with estuary, ships and figures

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolour on laid paper, laid down, a drawing of a figural group on the verso now just visible via transmitted light

Dimensions

Height: 12.1 cm
Width: 25.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4395

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

an anonymous Lady's sale, Sotheby's (London), 26 April 1950, lot 16; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 16 May 1950 (£16); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, brown ink, signed by the artist but cut off: “Lallemand”. Verso (backing sheet): upper left, graphite: “Lallemand 1730”; lower right edge graphite, Colnaghi number and price, partially abraded: “A 17425 TS/-/- 36[…]”.

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

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