Beckmouth, Staithes
Maker
H.E.G. Sherlock (artist)
born 1942
born 1942
Title
Beckmouth, Staithes
Date of Production
1942
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and black wash on wove paper, framed in graphite
Dimensions
Height: 44.4 cm
Width: 54 cm
Width: 54 cm
Accession Number
D.2000.XX.15
Mode of Acquisition
Unknown, 2000 (before)
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
© Reserved
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
discovered in Courtauld conservation studio in 2000
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner of pictorial area, brown ink, signed by the artist: “H.E.G. SHERLOCK.”; left and right centre margins, graphite: “HL”; lower left corner of margin, blue ballpoint: “27 ¾ x 24 ¼” and to the right of that, encircled “19 ¾ x 15 ¾”. Mount (removed, cut down, now in file): black ink: " "The Beckmouth" / Staithes / HEG Sherlock / 1942" and in graphite: "ON / WHATMAN / BOARD”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner of pictorial area, brown ink, signed by the artist: “H.E.G. SHERLOCK.”; left and right centre margins, graphite: “HL”; lower left corner of margin, blue ballpoint: “27 ¾ x 24 ¼” and to the right of that, encircled “19 ¾ x 15 ¾”. Mount (removed, cut down, now in file): black ink: " "The Beckmouth" / Staithes / HEG Sherlock / 1942" and in graphite: "ON / WHATMAN / BOARD”.
Collector's mark: none.
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