Conwy castle
Maker
(artist)
1744-1828
1744-1828
Title
Conwy castle
Date of Production
1744 - 1828
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, grey and light blue wash on laid paper, laid down on a historic paper support with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 18.4 cm
Width: 27.1 cm
Width: 27.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.839
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 (support, lower left), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 49
p. 49
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Support (historic), Verso: lower centre edge, bottoms of letters but looks like "J WHATMAN".
Inscription: Recto: lower right, grey ink, apparently forged signature: “P. Sandby.”. Verso (not visible as laid down on support, see photo): lower left, graphite: “Conway Castle - / with part of the Town Hall”. Support (historic), Recto: upper centre edge, graphite: “16”; lower centre, graphite: “T. Sunderland”; lower right, graphite, erased but looks like “Sandby”; lower right, graphite, erased: “#24”. Support (historic), Verso: lower centre, graphite, erased and now mostly illegible: “View [...] of the R[...] / The [...] Va[...] Pardo House / at Treviso [...] / smile from [...]y.”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Thomas Sunderland / op 1798 / Conway Castle.”
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, grey ink, apparently forged signature: “P. Sandby.”. Verso (not visible as laid down on support, see photo): lower left, graphite: “Conway Castle - / with part of the Town Hall”. Support (historic), Recto: upper centre edge, graphite: “16”; lower centre, graphite: “T. Sunderland”; lower right, graphite, erased but looks like “Sandby”; lower right, graphite, erased: “#24”. Support (historic), Verso: lower centre, graphite, erased and now mostly illegible: “View [...] of the R[...] / The [...] Va[...] Pardo House / at Treviso [...] / smile from [...]y.”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Thomas Sunderland / op 1798 / Conway Castle.”
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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