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Design for the dome of Greenwich Hospital

Maker

(artist)
1661-1736

Formerly attributed to
(Artists)
1632-1723

Title

Design for the dome of Greenwich Hospital

Date of Production

1700

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, now laid down on Japanese tissue, executed using a ruler, with three worn horizontal creases across the centre of the sheet from previous folding

Dimensions

Height: 45.1 cm
Width: 36.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1961.XX.2.3

Mode of Acquisition

Geoffrey F. Webb, gift, 1960

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords





Provenance

John Edmund Gardner (1819-1899); by descent to his son; purchased from him en bloc by Major Sir Edward Coates (1853-1921), 1910; his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 1-5 May 1924, probably lot 2232 (18 items); purchased there by B.T. Batsford (London) (£5.5 for all 18); purchased there by Professor Geoffrey Webb (1898-1970), circa 1927-28; Webb Gift 1960 Provenance detailed by Kerry Downes in the file for D.1961.XX.2.1.

Exhibition History

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Nottingham, 01/05/1972-01/06/1972

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961

Literature

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 15

Downes, Kerry, Hawksmoor, 1959

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: lower centre: Strasburg lily over "4" over monogram "WR" (no countermark to help identify).

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: none.

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