Wapping Stairs, the Thames
Maker
(artist)
1757-1827
1757-1827
Title
Wapping Stairs, the Thames
Date of Production
(circa) 1790 - 1795
Medium
graphite, pen and grey and black ink, watercolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 22.7 cm
Width: 31.2 cm
Width: 31.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4467
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
Spink & Son (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d., for £20; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Hayes, John, Rowlandson: Watercolours and Drawings, London, 1972
no. 88
ill. on p. 152
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 43
no. 88
ill. on p. 152
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 43
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: upper left, graphite, erased, 3 lines long but mostly illegible: "31v[...]"; upper left, graphite, erased: "Rowlandson"; lower centre, graphite, Rowlandson’s life dates, erased: "1756-1827"; lower left edge, graphite: "12 1/4 x 8v1". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Thomas Rowlandson / 1756-1827 / Wapping stairs.".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: upper left, graphite, erased, 3 lines long but mostly illegible: "31v[...]"; upper left, graphite, erased: "Rowlandson"; lower centre, graphite, Rowlandson’s life dates, erased: "1756-1827"; lower left edge, graphite: "12 1/4 x 8v1". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Thomas Rowlandson / 1756-1827 / Wapping stairs.".
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