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Blacksmith and horses (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1783-1859

Title

Blacksmith and horses (recto)

Date of Production

1803 - 1859

Medium

black chalk, watercolour and bodycolour (recto), black chalk (verso), on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 18.7 cm
Width: 27.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1971.WS.28

Mode of Acquisition

Mary Spooner, gift, 1971

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords






Provenance

Mrs Mary Spooner; Spooner Gift 1971

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, 1974

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

Literature

The Spooner Collection of British Watercolours, Courtauld Institute Galleries; Huntington Library; Wordsworth Trust, 2005-06
cat. no. 96
ill. on p. 243

The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1974
cat. no. 47

The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1968
cat. no. 47

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Verso, right edge, cut off by edges: "[...]MAN TURK[...]" [as in "J WHATMAN TURKEY MILL"].

Inscription: Verso: upper left, graphite, circled, erased and now illegible; upper left, graphite, erased: "Pose[?] / 1/3".

Inscription: [...]MAN TURK[...] [Verso, lower right corner, stamped:]

Collector's mark: none.

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