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Gathering of birds of different species

Maker

Copy after
(artist)
1622-1702

Copy after
(artist)
1645-1718

Title

Gathering of birds of different species

Date of Production

(after) 1686

Medium

pen and grey and black inks, grey wash on laid paper, with remnant of a grey ink framing line mostly trimmed away (is in the same direction as the final print, and this sheet shows no signs of transfer)

Dimensions

Height: 21.1 cm
Width: 30.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.924

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




Cormorants


Provenance

E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£1.05, along with the corresponding engraving G.1990.WL.3584); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

The Age of Charles II, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1960-1961

Drawings by Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1953

catalogue untraced, San Francisco, 1938 ...More

catalogue untraced, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1924 ...Less

Literature

Flis, Nathan, From the life: the art of Francis Barlow (c.1626-1704), PhD thesis, University of Oxford 2012, available online: https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3805d2ad-18b5-4f23-a73d-e720a44107de
p. 267n92
as a copy after the print

The Age of Charles II, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1960-61

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 4 ...More

Drawings by Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1953
cat. no. 437 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite: "924 Barlow".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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