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View of Montreux

Maker

(artist)
1800-1899

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1819-1900

Title

View of Montreux

Date of Production

(8 November) 1861

Medium

grey wash and white bodycolour on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 14.3 cm
Width: 24.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.697

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

Ruskin's valet, Frederick Crawley; given by him to J. Stevenson, 1895; Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 44

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower right, point of brush and pen and grey ink, location and date by the artist: montreux / Nov 8. 61 .

Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite: R.

Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite: 14 1/2 4103 ✓.

Inscription: Mount (removed, cut down and now in object file): brown ink with addition in parenthesis in graphite: Sketched by John Ruskin / Given to J. Stevenson 1895 / by F. Crawley. (Ruskin's valet) / Companion to / Mr Ruskin .

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

Watermark: none.

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