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Conwy castle

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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).

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