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Village scene - passengers in a carriage drawn by horses crossing a bridge (Bagshot Bridge?)

Maker

(artist)
1757-1827

Title

Village scene - passengers in a carriage drawn by horses crossing a bridge (Bagshot Bridge?)

Date of Production

(?) 1784 - 1791

Medium

graphite, pen and grey and brown ink, watercolour on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 16.3 cm
Width: 24.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4512

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

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Provenance

Gilbert Davis (1899-1983), L.757a; acquired from him (in exchange for another Rowlandson work purchased by Witt in January 1944) by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. but after January 1944; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Watercolours & drawings by Thomas Rowlandson, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1950

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 43

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left, graphite: "P Exh. Arts Council. London. 1950."; lower right, graphite: "Thomas Rowlandson / 1756-1827 / Coll. Gilbert Davis".

Collector's mark: Verso: upper left edge, stamped in black: Gilbert Davis (L.757a); lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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