Little Malvern church, Worcestershire (study for painting in the collection of Col. M.H. Grant)
Maker
(artist)
1747-1821
1747-1821
Title
Little Malvern church, Worcestershire (study for painting in the collection of Col. M.H. Grant)
Date of Production
(5 October) 1791
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash on wove paper, squared in graphite
Dimensions
Height: 17.3 cm
Width: 21.5 cm
Width: 21.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.442
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
F.R. Meatyard (London, active 1912-1964); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (3 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Joseph Farington: watercolour and drawings, Bolton Museum and Art Gallery; Hastings Museum and Art Gallery; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 16/07/1977-03/12/1977
Literature
Joseph Farington: watercolour and drawings, Bolton Museum and Art Gallery; Hastings Museum and Art Gallery; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1977
cat. no. 69
no. 69
Illus. p. 107
Herrmann, Luke, British landscape painting of the eighteenth century, London: Faber & Faber, 1973
p. 124
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 18
cat. no. 69
no. 69
Illus. p. 107
Herrmann, Luke, British landscape painting of the eighteenth century, London: Faber & Faber, 1973
p. 124
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 18
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: colour notes throughout the drawing by the artist in graphite: upper centre: “rich brown yellow / slates”; right centre: “filled with […]”; left centre: “with mortar stops / up”; lower centre: “all mortar stained”; lower right edge: “Tower most grey buff colour / + graver”; lower right corner, dated: “Oct. 5-91”. Verso: centre, graphite, Witt number: “442”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: colour notes throughout the drawing by the artist in graphite: upper centre: “rich brown yellow / slates”; right centre: “filled with […]”; left centre: “with mortar stops / up”; lower centre: “all mortar stained”; lower right edge: “Tower most grey buff colour / + graver”; lower right corner, dated: “Oct. 5-91”. Verso: centre, graphite, Witt number: “442”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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