Gossip on the beach
Maker
(artist)
1824-1898
1824-1898
Title
Gossip on the beach
Date of Production
1800 - 1899
Medium
graphite, watercolour on discoloured buff wove paper, now laid down on Japanese tissue
Dimensions
Height: 11.2 cm
Width: 15.6 cm
Width: 15.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1982.LB.17
Mode of Acquisition
Lillian Browse, bequest, 31.7.1984
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Hauke & Co. (New York), after 1936; Lillian Browse, London (1906-2005), by 1943; Lillian Browse Gift 1982
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Label: Mount (removed, now in file), Verso: upper right, text printed in black ink and added in brown ink on a white label: "DE HAUKE & CO, INC. / 3 EAST 51 ST. / T36v //"; centre, printed in black ink, partly obscured by a later label: "JAMES BOURLET & SONS, Ltd., / Fine Art Packers, Frame Makers. / [...]9281 / [...] NASSAU STREET, / [...]MER STREET, W. / [...]UM 1871 & 7588. //"; lower left, typewritten in black ink: "Eugene Boudin / Femmes Causant / Miss Lillian Browse / 453G. 1943 //".
Inscription: Verso (now obscured by Japanese tissue): lower right edge, graphite: "39". Mount (removed, now in file), Recto: upper centre edge, graphite: "6"; lower right, graphite: "39"; lower left edge, graphite: "1c"; lower right edge, graphite: "T". Mount (removed, now in file), Verso: upper centre, black chalk, now faded with age and hard to read: "Lot 62 / 1 / 1 //".
Collector's mark: none.
Label: Mount (removed, now in file), Verso: upper right, text printed in black ink and added in brown ink on a white label: "DE HAUKE & CO, INC. / 3 EAST 51 ST. / T36v //"; centre, printed in black ink, partly obscured by a later label: "JAMES BOURLET & SONS, Ltd., / Fine Art Packers, Frame Makers. / [...]9281 / [...] NASSAU STREET, / [...]MER STREET, W. / [...]UM 1871 & 7588. //"; lower left, typewritten in black ink: "Eugene Boudin / Femmes Causant / Miss Lillian Browse / 453G. 1943 //".
Inscription: Verso (now obscured by Japanese tissue): lower right edge, graphite: "39". Mount (removed, now in file), Recto: upper centre edge, graphite: "6"; lower right, graphite: "39"; lower left edge, graphite: "1c"; lower right edge, graphite: "T". Mount (removed, now in file), Verso: upper centre, black chalk, now faded with age and hard to read: "Lot 62 / 1 / 1 //".
Information on this object may be incomplete and will be updated as research progresses. We are particularly committed to addressing any discriminatory or offensive language and ideas that might be present in our records. To help improve this record, and to enquire about images of The Courtauld Gallery Collection, please email gallery.collectionsonline@courtauld.ac.uk. Find out more about using and licensing our images.
____________________________