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Landscape view of a large tree and houses in Horton

Maker

(artist)
1775-1847

Title

Landscape view of a large tree and houses in Horton

Date of Production

1802

Medium

black chalk, watercolour and bodycolour, with scratching out, on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 30 cm
Width: 45.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4415

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

Archdeacon F.H.D. Smythe; given by him to 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. 15

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

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

Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, graphite, cut off so unsure of number: “200”[?]. Verso: upper centre, graphite, signed and dated by the artist: “102 / Wm Crotch No 6 ....[illegible] Woringden [?] / 1/2 past 12 Sepr 22 1802 / Horton - a large tree seen for miles by / the gate into Studley house”.

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