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Saint John's College, Cambridge

Maker

(artist)
1812-1852

Title

Saint John's College, Cambridge

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

graphite, pen and black ink, watercolour on wove paper, executed using a ruler

Dimensions

Height: 13.9 cm
Width: 23 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4417

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

Leger Galleries (London); anonymous sale, Christie's (London), 16 June 1950, lot 21; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of 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. 38

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, signed: "A Pugin. del.". Backing sheet (removed, see photo), Verso: upper centre, graphite: "ST JOHNS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE,". Support (removed, see photo), Recto: lower centre margin, pen and brown? ink: "ST JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. / A. PUGIN.". Support (removed, see photo), Verso: lower right, graphite, provenance: "Leger 3385". Mount (removed, see photo), Verso: lower right, graphite, hard to read: "Overmt / #3".

Collector's mark: Removed from a former backing sheet and glued to current handling edges: stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Label: Printed: "St. John's College, Cambridge / A. Pugin //". Handwritten, at left: "#3 / Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin / 1812 - 1852 //".

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