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Dock leaves on the edge of a wooded slope in Lyneham

Maker

(artist)
1805-1876

Title

Dock leaves on the edge of a wooded slope in Lyneham

Date of Production

(circa) 1825 - 1829

Medium

graphite, watercolour with some added gum arabic, and bodycolour on brown wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 13.8 cm
Width: 21.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.691

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

Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

J.F. Lewis R.A. (1805-1876) - Painter of the Desert and Harem, Guildford, 1977

Literature

J.F. Lewis, R.A. (1805-1876): painter of the desert and harem, Guildford House Gallery, 1977
no. 14

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 33

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite: "Lyneham". Verso: lower left corner, graphite: "t/". Mount (removed, now missing, recorded in Modes), Recto: lower right, pen and ink: "J.F.Lewis".

Collector's mark: none.

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