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Scene in a candle-lit vault, with three nuns at prayer at the foot of a coffin

Maker

Balliol J. Salmon (artist)
1868-1953

Title

Scene in a candle-lit vault, with three nuns at prayer at the foot of a coffin

Date of Production

1868 - 1953

Medium

black chalk and white bodycolour on paper, laid down on dark brown paper support

Dimensions

Height: 26.6 cm
Width: 32.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.XX.45

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

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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: unable to check due to support.

Inscription: Support, Verso: upper left edge, black ballpoint: "J. BALLIOL SALMON."; lower left corner, graphite, Witt negative number: "1041/52(32a)".

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

Collector's mark: none.

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