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Study of plants (recto)

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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).

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