Tintern Abbey
Maker
(artist)
1744-1828
1744-1828
Title
Tintern Abbey
Date of Production
1744 - 1828
Medium
graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey and blue wash on laid paper, laid down on a historic paper support
Dimensions
Height: 18.5 cm
Width: 27 cm
Width: 27 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.838
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 (lower left), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Tintern Abbey, Chepstow Museum, Chepstow, UK, 24/05/2014-28/09/2014
Literature
Sites of Inspiration: Tintern Abbey, Chepstow Museum, 2014
no. 19
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 49
no. 19
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 49
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Support (historic), Recto: lower centre edge, bottoms of letters but looks like "J WHATMAN".
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, black chalk, apparently forged signature: “P. Sandby.” Support (historic), Recto: upper centre edge, graphite: “45”; lower centre margin, graphite, partly erased: “Tintern Abbey / Taken near the [...] / T. Sunderland”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Thomas Sunderland / op 1798 / Tintern Abbey.”
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, black chalk, apparently forged signature: “P. Sandby.” Support (historic), Recto: upper centre edge, graphite: “45”; lower centre margin, graphite, partly erased: “Tintern Abbey / Taken near the [...] / T. Sunderland”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Thomas Sunderland / op 1798 / Tintern Abbey.”
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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