View of the White Tower, London
Maker
(artist)
1744-1809
1744-1809
Title
View of the White Tower, London
Date of Production
1790
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, watercolour, and touches of bodycolour on laid paper, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 31 cm
Width: 31 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4411
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
Parker Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 29
p. 29
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, upper centre edge, fragment: upper half of a Strasburg lily.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, signed and dated: "E.KENNION F.S.A. 1790". Verso: lower right, graphite, the first line crossed out: "B6493 / D1051".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, signed and dated: "E.KENNION F.S.A. 1790". Verso: lower right, graphite, the first line crossed out: "B6493 / D1051".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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