Saint John's College, Cambridge
Maker
(artist)
1812-1852
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
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
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 //".
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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