Old Battersea bridge
Maker
After
(artist)
1782-1842
(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
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
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
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.
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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