Hunting mammoths
Maker
(artist)
1863-1937
1863-1937
Title
Hunting mammoths
Date of Production
1888
Medium
graphite, pen and black ink on paper prepared with a white chalky base and printed half-tone surface, with scratching out, cut into an L-shape
Dimensions
Height: 23.2 cm
Width: 20.2 cm
Width: 20.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.XX.35
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
transferred to the Courtauld Gallery from the Witt Library 1978
Literature
'A Day with Primeval Man' in 'The Universal Review', Jan-April 1889 - 303-316; 3
ill. on p. 309
ill. on p. 309
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none. Joseph Pennell in 'Pen Drawing and Pen Draughtsmen: their work and methods', 1920, identifies this paper as papier Gillot or Ross paper (see notes in file for further information).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, black ink, signed and dated: “CHAS: H. SHANNON 88”. Verso: upper left, graphite, acc. no. (though incorrect): “xx 34”; upper centre, graphite: “haut de 12 1/2 ctmetres”; lower centre and left, graphite: “Pre-Historic Man [underline] / C. H. Shannon”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, black ink, signed and dated: “CHAS: H. SHANNON 88”. Verso: upper left, graphite, acc. no. (though incorrect): “xx 34”; upper centre, graphite: “haut de 12 1/2 ctmetres”; lower centre and left, graphite: “Pre-Historic Man [underline] / C. H. Shannon”.
Collector's mark: none.
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