View from a London terrace on St George's Row, Oxford Street
Maker
(artist)
1725-1809
1725-1809
Title
View from a London terrace on St George's Row, Oxford Street
Date of Production
1789
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, laid down on a card mount; the pictorial area now quite browned
Dimensions
Height: 17 cm
Width: 22.6 cm
Width: 22.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.540
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
D.R. Nott; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 28 October 1941; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 6 May 1942 (£6); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Festival of Britain exhibition of Nottinghamshire art past and present together with certain portraits and relics relating to the history of the county, and a reminder of English taste in the reign of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria., Nottingham Castle Museum, England, 15/09/1951-06/10/1951
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 45
p. 45
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: lower centre edge, fragment: lower half of a shield containing a horn.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, graphite, very faded: "Terrace of St Georges Row Oxford Street"; lower right edge, dark brown ink, signed and dated: "Paul Sandby 1789". Support (historic), Recto: lower right edge, graphite: "Hyde Park".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, graphite, very faded: "Terrace of St Georges Row Oxford Street"; lower right edge, dark brown ink, signed and dated: "Paul Sandby 1789". Support (historic), Recto: lower right edge, graphite: "Hyde Park".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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