Through desert sands - two boys with an Eastern painter
Maker
William Douglas Almond (artist)
1866-1916
1866-1916
Title
Through desert sands - two boys with an Eastern painter
Date of Production
1866 - 1916
Medium
graphite, pen and black ink, blue crayon, white bodycolour (now oxidised) on board
Dimensions
Height: 23.8 cm
Width: 26.6 cm
Width: 26.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.XX.2
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1978 (circa)
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
H.J. Cornish Collection; presented to Hampstead Public Library, 1928; transferred to the Courtauld Institute of Art, Witt Library in 1966; transferred to The Courtauld Gallery from the Witt Library circa 1978
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, graphite, erased: “3 […]”; upper right, graphite: “5 ½ / inches / [arrow] / wide”; left centre, graphite: “5”; lower left, black ink, signed: “W.D.ALMOND”; lower left, graphite, erased: “[…] after”; lower centre, graphite, partly erased: “Through Desert Sands / […]”; lower right corner, graphite, erased and now illegible. Verso: upper left corner, purple crayon: “78654b / Wanted boay II [?] / June 1st quality”; centre, graphite, underlined: “195814”; right centre, graphite, Witt negative number: “944/69(25A)”; lower centre, black ballpoint: “‘Through Desert Sands’ / ex Witt Library”.
Stamp: Recto: lower left, blue ink: “M”. Verso: upper right, black ink: “WITT / LIBRARY”; centre, purple ink: “HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H.J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928.”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, graphite, erased: “3 […]”; upper right, graphite: “5 ½ / inches / [arrow] / wide”; left centre, graphite: “5”; lower left, black ink, signed: “W.D.ALMOND”; lower left, graphite, erased: “[…] after”; lower centre, graphite, partly erased: “Through Desert Sands / […]”; lower right corner, graphite, erased and now illegible. Verso: upper left corner, purple crayon: “78654b / Wanted boay II [?] / June 1st quality”; centre, graphite, underlined: “195814”; right centre, graphite, Witt negative number: “944/69(25A)”; lower centre, black ballpoint: “‘Through Desert Sands’ / ex Witt Library”.
Stamp: Recto: lower left, blue ink: “M”. Verso: upper right, black ink: “WITT / LIBRARY”; centre, purple ink: “HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H.J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928.”.
Collector's mark: none.
Information on this object may be incomplete and will be updated as research progresses. We are particularly committed to addressing any discriminatory or offensive language and ideas that might be present in our records. To help improve this record, and to enquire about images of The Courtauld Gallery Collection, please email gallery.collectionsonline@courtauld.ac.uk. Find out more about using and licensing our images.
____________________________