Study of plants (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1829-1901
1829-1901
Title
Study of plants (recto)
Date of Production
1850 - 1858
Medium
oil paint (recto and verso) on card, inlaid into a mount border
Dimensions
Height: 22.8 cm
Width: 30.5 cm
Width: 30.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4495
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
given by B.F. Stevens & Brown (London) to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (mount, lower left), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 47
p. 47
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, white paint, signed with monogram and dated: “GS. Sepr. 18th. 1850.”. Verso: left upper edge, graphite, cut off and partly painted over: “[...]nsford / [...]a with / 2 coral / 1 oil / Terra”; upper left, graphite, dated: “October. 7th. 1850”; upper centre, graphite: “Cadmium & Terra / verd. / Jany. 19. 1858_”; lower left, graphite: “White mixed with / 2 of Amber var- / 1 of Spike - No Oil / Novr. 3. 1857”; left lower edge, graphite: “Of Amber Var / Of Spike Oil / Nov. 3. 1857”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “George Smith / 1829-1901. / Signed 'G.S. Sep. 18. 1850” . Mount (removed, see photo), Verso: lower left edge, graphite: “Inscribed with pencil colour notes / + dated Nov. 3. 1857.”.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, white paint, signed with monogram and dated: “GS. Sepr. 18th. 1850.”. Verso: left upper edge, graphite, cut off and partly painted over: “[...]nsford / [...]a with / 2 coral / 1 oil / Terra”; upper left, graphite, dated: “October. 7th. 1850”; upper centre, graphite: “Cadmium & Terra / verd. / Jany. 19. 1858_”; lower left, graphite: “White mixed with / 2 of Amber var- / 1 of Spike - No Oil / Novr. 3. 1857”; left lower edge, graphite: “Of Amber Var / Of Spike Oil / Nov. 3. 1857”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “George Smith / 1829-1901. / Signed 'G.S. Sep. 18. 1850” . Mount (removed, see photo), Verso: lower left edge, graphite: “Inscribed with pencil colour notes / + dated Nov. 3. 1857.”.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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