Village scene - passengers in a carriage drawn by horses crossing a bridge (Bagshot Bridge?)
Maker
(artist)
1757-1827
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
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
Keywords
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
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).
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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