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Wreck of the Eider - slinging the passengers from the steamer into the lifeboat alongside

Maker

(artist)
1870-1954

Title

Wreck of the Eider - slinging the passengers from the steamer into the lifeboat alongside

Date of Production

1892

Medium

graphite, pen and black ink with scratching out on card, laid down on board

Dimensions

Height: 30.8 cm
Width: 25.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.XX.6

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 board.

Stamp: Recto: upper right corner, purple ink, partially on both drawing and board support: "HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H.J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928.”.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, black ink, signed: “Reginald / Cleaver”; lower edge, black ink, described: “The wreck of the Eider: Slinging the passengers from the steamer into the lifeboat alongside.”. Board support, Verso: left centre, graphite: “8031”; right centre, graphite and black ballpoint: “ex. Witt Library / 914/7(12)”.

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