Scene in a candle-lit vault, with three nuns at prayer at the foot of a coffin
Maker
Balliol J. Salmon (artist)
1868-1953
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
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
Keywords
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.
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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