Gathering of birds of different species
Maker
Copy after
(artist)
1622-1702
Copy after
(artist)
1645-1718
(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
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
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
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
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).
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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