Wreck of the Eider - slinging the passengers from the steamer into the lifeboat alongside
Maker
(artist)
1870-1954
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
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)”.
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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