Three trees on a hillside
Maker
(artist)
1798-1863
1798-1863
Title
Three trees on a hillside
Date of Production
24th August 1837
Medium
synthetic black chalk with stumping and white bodycolour on blue-grey wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 12.6 cm
Width: 8.2 cm
Width: 8.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1954.AH.5.1
Mode of Acquisition
A.A.D. Harding, bequest, 1954
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Notes
The sketchbook has been rotated ninety degrees clockwise so that the sketch is in portrait format.The verso shows some offset from the following page (D.1954.AH.5.2) - light transfer from the friable stumping, and brown/black marks mirroring the usage of black chalk.
Provenance
James Duffield Harding (1798-1863) and A.R. Harding; by descent to A.A.D. Harding; gift of A.A.D. Harding, 1954
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower left, black chalk: Beilt...en [?] Augt. 24 / 1837 -; lower right, graphite: 1.
Watermark: Verso: centre, cut off on both sides by edge of sheet: ...ITH & / 18... (Smith & Allnutt, 1834)
Watermark: Verso: centre, cut off on both sides by edge of sheet: ...ITH & / 18... (Smith & Allnutt, 1834)
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