Coast scene, with boat in the foreground - near Dover (?)
Maker
(artist)
1775-1851
1775-1851
Title
Coast scene, with boat in the foreground - near Dover (?)
Date of Production
(circa) 1794
Medium
graphite, grey and blue wash on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 21.9 cm
Width: 30.5 cm
Width: 30.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4476
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
Mrs Reginald Smith; her sale, Sotheby's (London), 24 January 1951, lot 144; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
J.M.W. Turner, 'That Greatest of Landscape Painters' -
Watercolours from London Museums, Tulsa, USA, 08/02/1998-12/04/1998
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/01/1965-01/05/1965
Watercolours from London Museums, Tulsa, USA, 08/02/1998-12/04/1998
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/01/1965-01/05/1965
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 53
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 40
J.M.W. Turner, "that greatest of landscape painters": watercolors from London museums, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1998
no. 2
no. 2 ...More
J.M.W. Turner, 'That Greatest of Landscape Painters' - Watercolours from London Museums, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1998 ...Less
p. 53
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 40
J.M.W. Turner, "that greatest of landscape painters": watercolors from London museums, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1998
no. 2
no. 2 ...More
J.M.W. Turner, 'That Greatest of Landscape Painters' - Watercolours from London Museums, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1998 ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: 19
Inscription: 2nd
Inscription: Girtin
Inscription: 2nd
Inscription: Girtin
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