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Old Battersea bridge

Maker

After
(artist)
1782-1842

Title

Old Battersea bridge

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

graphite and watercolour on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 34.3 cm
Width: 29.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1967.WS.25

Mode of Acquisition

William Wycliffe Spooner, bequest, 1967

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords






Provenance

by descent to the artist’s great-great-great granddaughter, Judy Lowe (née Cotman); acquired from her by William Wycliffe Spooner, Ilkley (1882-1967); Spooner Bequest 1967

Exhibition History

British Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Huntington Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 12/02/2005-15/05/2005; Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, 18/07/2005-23/10/2005; Hermitage Rooms, Somerset House, London, 16/11/2005-12/02/2006

The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/04/1968-01/07/1968

Literature

The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1968
cat. no. 65
pl. XI

The Spooner Collection of British Watercolours, Courtauld Institute Galleries; Huntington Library; Wordsworth Trust, 2005-06
cat. no. 95
ill. on p. 242

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Mount (removed, in object file): lower left, graphite, Mrs Spooner's hand?: "Battersea Bridge from the Chelsea Side / circa 1810"; lower right, graphite, Mrs Spooner's hand?: "J.S. Cotman / 1782 – 1842". Support (removed, now missing): "185" [possibly a lot number?]. On a slip of paper now in the object file: pen and black ink: "Samuel Palmer.".

Collector's mark: none.

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