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Two galleons on a stormy sea

Maker

(artist)
1838-1912

Title

Two galleons on a stormy sea

Date of Production

1874

Medium

pen and brown ink on paper laid down on a blue card support

Dimensions

Height: 20.4 cm
Width: 33 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.XX.22

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, 1966; transferred to The Courtauld Gallery from the Witt Library circa 1978

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: a large oval visible at centre in raking light but unable to see more clearly due to support.

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink, signed and dated: “E. de Martino / 74-”. Support, Recto: lower left, black ballpoint: “Ed. de Martino”. Support, Verso: lower right, graphite, Witt negative number: “985/61(3A)2.

Stamp: Support, Recto: lower centre, black ink, partially over the drawing: “WITT / LIBRARY 1976”; lower right, black ink: “EX CORNISH COLLECTION / PRES. TO HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC / LIBRARY 1928.”; lower right corner, purple ink: "HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H.J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928.”.

Collector's mark: none.

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