View of Sarsden House, Chipping Norton
Maker
Attributed to
John Glover (artist)
1767-1849
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
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
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).
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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