Two galleons engaged in cross-fire
Maker
(artist)
1838-1912
1838-1912
Title
Two galleons engaged in cross-fire
Date of Production
1800 - 1899
Medium
graphite on wove paper, loss of upper left corner
Dimensions
Height: 22.3 cm
Width: 28.4 cm
Width: 28.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.XX.23
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: Verso, centre: "PORD / 128 MILL".
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, graphite, signed?: “Ed. de Martino”; lower centre, graphite: “SHANNON”. Verso: left upper edge, graphite, former Witt neg. no.: “985/49)52-53)”; lower left, graphite, acc. no.: “D.1978.XX.23”.
Stamp: Recto: lower right, purple ink: "HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H.J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928". Verso: lower left, black ink: “WITT / LIBRARY 1976”and below that: “EX CORNISH COLLECTION / PRES. TO HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC / LIBRARY 1928.”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, graphite, signed?: “Ed. de Martino”; lower centre, graphite: “SHANNON”. Verso: left upper edge, graphite, former Witt neg. no.: “985/49)52-53)”; lower left, graphite, acc. no.: “D.1978.XX.23”.
Stamp: Recto: lower right, purple ink: "HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H.J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928". Verso: lower left, black ink: “WITT / LIBRARY 1976”and below that: “EX CORNISH COLLECTION / PRES. TO HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC / LIBRARY 1928.”.
Collector's mark: none.
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