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Study of an elm log in a farmyard

Maker

(artist)
1790-1864

Title

Study of an elm log in a farmyard

Date of Production

(circa) 1833

Medium

graphite, watercolour, bodycolour on heavy wove paper, laid down on card (before execution)

Dimensions

Height: 33 cm
Width: 42.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1982.JW.17

Mode of Acquisition

John Witt, Art Fund bequest & grant aid, 1982

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

elm


Provenance

Abbott (London); purchased there by Sir John Witt, London (1907-1982), May 1958; John Witt Bequest via the Art Fund 1982

Literature

John Witt, William Henry Hunt (1790-1864): Life and Work, with a catalogue (London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1982)
no. 217 (or 816?)

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, dark red watercolour, signed: "W HUNT". Mount (removed, recorded in 1987 conservation notes): "816".

Collector's mark: none.

Label: Removed, recorded in 1987 conservation notes: "(217)".

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