Landscape
Maker
(artist)
1782-1857
1782-1857
Title
Landscape
Date of Production
(?) 1806
Medium
graphite, grey and blue wash on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 14.7 cm
Width: 28.9 cm
Width: 28.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.796
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), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 25
p. 25
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, graphite, dated (although L. Duke said forged, see notes): "1806 / 17"; lower left corner, graphite, signed (although L. Duke suggested this was a 'Spencer' forged signature): "W. Havell." Verso: upper left, graphite: "3"; upper left, graphite, erased: "B by Havell"; centre graphite: "1/- 2/-"; lower centre edge, graphite: "W. Havell".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, graphite, dated (although L. Duke said forged, see notes): "1806 / 17"; lower left corner, graphite, signed (although L. Duke suggested this was a 'Spencer' forged signature): "W. Havell." Verso: upper left, graphite: "3"; upper left, graphite, erased: "B by Havell"; centre graphite: "1/- 2/-"; lower centre edge, graphite: "W. Havell".
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