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Wooded landscape with cottage among trees

Maker

Follower of
(artist)
1727-1788

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1754-1797

Title

Wooded landscape with cottage among trees

Date of Production

(circa?) 1778

Medium

graphite on laid paper, laid down on a paper support

Dimensions

Height: 16.8 cm
Width: 22.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4459

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); purchased there by Colnaghi (London), 31 August 1950; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 12 December 1950 (£18); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Hayes, John, The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, London 1970
p. 324

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 23

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: none in the drawing sheet. Backing sheet: centre: three stacked circles but unable to see what they contain even using VSC. Measures 60 mm h x 20 mm wide, distance between chain lines is 24 mm.

Inscription: none.

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

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