View of Dublin (recto)
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1647-1728
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1607-1677
(artist)
1647-1728
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1607-1677
Title
View of Dublin (recto)
Date of Production
(circa) 1699
Medium
graphite, grey wash, pen and black ink with black ink framing lines (recto), graphite and pen and black ink (verso) on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 25.6 cm
Width: 32.6 cm
Width: 32.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4487
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
Sir William Arthur Worsley, Hovingham (1890-1973); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 20 July 1932, lot 94 (as by Wenceslaus Hollar); purchased there by Colnaghi (London); Max de Beer (London; purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/06/1979-01/09/1979
Literature
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1979
cat. no. 1
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 38
cat. no. 1
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 38
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: Strasburg lily above "4 / WR" (see Conservation photo. No countermark to help identify it with the numerous examples in Churchill and Heawood).
Inscription: Recto: upper left edge, brown ink: "4"; upper centre, pen and black ink: "Dublin". Verso: lower left, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A 6553".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left edge, brown ink: "4"; upper centre, pen and black ink: "Dublin". Verso: lower left, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A 6553".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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