Interior of the belfrey, Bushey Church (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1790-1864
1790-1864
Title
Interior of the belfrey, Bushey Church (recto)
Date of Production
(circa) 1823
Medium
red chalk, pen and brown ink, squared for transfer in graphite (recto), the same scene depicted upside down in red chalk (verso); pinpricks down the right edge marking each horizontal grid line in graphite, similar pinprick along lower edge marking the vertical lines have been mostly trimmed away
Dimensions
Height: 27.7 cm
Width: 20.7 cm
Width: 20.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1982.JW.9
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
belfrys (sheds)
Provenance
Christie's (London), 18 June 1980, lot 32; purchased there by Somerville & Simpson (London) as an album, then removed the drawings; purchased there by Sir John Witt, London (1907-1892), L.646a; 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. 197
no. 197
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, down left edge: "J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL".
Inscription: Recto: down right edge, graphite, each row squared for transfer is numbered from “24” at the top to “1” at the bottom. Support (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite: “2120”; lower right, graphite: “W.H. Hunt / c. 1820 / Interior of the Belfry, Bushey Church. see / Reverse.”.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir John Witt (L.646a).
Inscription: Recto: down right edge, graphite, each row squared for transfer is numbered from “24” at the top to “1” at the bottom. Support (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite: “2120”; lower right, graphite: “W.H. Hunt / c. 1820 / Interior of the Belfry, Bushey Church. see / Reverse.”.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir John Witt (L.646a).
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