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Study for a book illustration - stormy coast at night

Maker

(artist)
1734-1797

Title

Medium

pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash on two sheets of laid paper joined, laid down on a mount

Dimensions

Height: 13.8 cm
Width: 26 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4406

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

J.L. Phillips (?); his sale, 1814, as 'Hero and Leander'; Martin Wronker; his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 24 May 1950, lot 14 (along with D.1952.RW.4405, 4407 and 5 others); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), for £4; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 14

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 59

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount; none evident in raking light.

Inscription: 229

Inscription: v

Inscription: Hero + Leander / by Joseph Wright. 3.62.3 / 1814 at J.L. Phillips Sale. //

Inscription: 16 x 11 5/8

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

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