Sir Paul Pindar's Wine Shop, Bishopsgate Street, London (recto)
Maker
Ernest Charles Shearman (artist)
1859-1939
1859-1939
Title
Sir Paul Pindar's Wine Shop, Bishopsgate Street, London (recto)
Date of Production
(12 September) 1878
Medium
graphite (recto and verso) on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 25.2 cm
Width: 17.6 cm
Width: 17.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1979.XX.2
Mode of Acquisition
John Shearman, gift, 1984
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
by descent to the artist's grandson, Professor John Shearman (1931-2003); Shearman Gift 1979
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right edge, graphite, last line underlined: “The Sir Paul Pindar / Bishopsgate St. Without”; within drawing, upper centre (on placard), graphite: “SIR / PAUL / PINDAR / WINE & SPIRIT [...]RES”; within drawing, lower right above door, graphite: “[...]HN JAVENS”; lower right, graphite, signed and dated: “E.C. Shearman. / Sept. 12. 1878”; down left edge, graphite: “*1 / 12 / should be a / *little deeper / 13.0 / *1 / 11.0 / 2”. Verso: upper right edge, upside down, graphite, underlined: “Lede / Building profile”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right edge, graphite, last line underlined: “The Sir Paul Pindar / Bishopsgate St. Without”; within drawing, upper centre (on placard), graphite: “SIR / PAUL / PINDAR / WINE & SPIRIT [...]RES”; within drawing, lower right above door, graphite: “[...]HN JAVENS”; lower right, graphite, signed and dated: “E.C. Shearman. / Sept. 12. 1878”; down left edge, graphite: “*1 / 12 / should be a / *little deeper / 13.0 / *1 / 11.0 / 2”. Verso: upper right edge, upside down, graphite, underlined: “Lede / Building profile”.
Collector's mark: none.
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