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View of Dublin (recto)

Maker

Attributed to
(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

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

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).

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