Two galleons on a stormy sea
Maker
(artist)
1838-1912
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
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.
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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