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View of Sarsden House, Chipping Norton

Maker

Attributed to
John Glover (artist)
1767-1849

Title

View of Sarsden House, Chipping Norton

Date of Production

1767 - 1849

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolour, touches of oil paint on card; now browned, likely due to former acidic mount or framing device (see verso)

Dimensions

Height: 29.9 cm
Width: 41.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4568

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

B.F. Stevens & Brown (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 24

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none visible due to thickness of support.

Inscription: Verso: upper left corner, graphite, partially erased: "451"; centre, graphite: "12"; right centre, graphite: "10"; lower right, graphite, hard to read: "Glover, John / Sarsden House / Chipping Norton Green / Seat of the Count of Duris [?]"; lower right, graphite, written partially over the above inscription, and partly erased: "21 /4 x 16 ¾"; lower right, graphite: "No. 4"; lower left corner, graphite, circled: "d".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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