Battle of Ayacucho
Maker
(artist)
1858-1932
1858-1932
Title
Battle of Ayacucho
Date of Production
1895
Medium
traces of graphite, pen and black ink on card, with black ink framing lines added over the Witt Library stamp
Dimensions
Height: 31.7 cm
Width: 23.4 cm
Width: 23.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.XX.50
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; acquired by Hampstead Public Library (by 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: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper centre edge and right centre edge, graphite: only the ascenders of words now totally cut away are visible; lower left edge (within the drawing), black ink, signed with initials and circled: “GB”; lower centre margin, black ink: “Ayacucho. 6 x 5. / “The Routed Spaniards clambered up / the rugged sides of Condorkanki”; lower left edge, graphite, cut off: “MM[? same on D.1978.XX.48]”. Verso: a label adhered to the verso has the fields printed in red, filled in with grey ink (same on D.1978.XX.48): "Account Battles of 19th Cen No. 79189 / Name Ayacucho / Artist G. Browne / Date 25-1-95”; upper right corner of label, grey ink: “79189”; lower left corner, graphite: “P28” and written across the whole label in blue crayon: “NN”.
Stamp: Recto: upper right corner (underneath the framing lines but not the lines of the drawing), black ink: “WITT / LIBRARY”; lower right corner, purple ink, partially cut off by right edge: "HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H.J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928.”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper centre edge and right centre edge, graphite: only the ascenders of words now totally cut away are visible; lower left edge (within the drawing), black ink, signed with initials and circled: “GB”; lower centre margin, black ink: “Ayacucho. 6 x 5. / “The Routed Spaniards clambered up / the rugged sides of Condorkanki”; lower left edge, graphite, cut off: “MM[? same on D.1978.XX.48]”. Verso: a label adhered to the verso has the fields printed in red, filled in with grey ink (same on D.1978.XX.48): "Account Battles of 19th Cen No. 79189 / Name Ayacucho / Artist G. Browne / Date 25-1-95”; upper right corner of label, grey ink: “79189”; lower left corner, graphite: “P28” and written across the whole label in blue crayon: “NN”.
Stamp: Recto: upper right corner (underneath the framing lines but not the lines of the drawing), black ink: “WITT / LIBRARY”; lower right corner, purple ink, partially cut off by right edge: "HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H.J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928.”.
Collector's mark: none.
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