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Calatafimi

Maker

(artist)
1812-1888

Title

Calatafimi

Date of Production

(14 May) 1847

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolour, bodycolour on blue wove paper (now brown in the pictorial area)

Dimensions

Height: 22.1 cm
Width: 34.7 cm

Accession Number

D.2001.XX.1

Mode of Acquisition

Kathleen Jonas, gift, 2001 (18 January)

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

Lear achieved great popular success with his literary ‘nonsense’ and limericks, however, he was also a highly accomplished Victorian artist. He painted a large number of landscape watercolours during his extensive travels around the Mediterranean. Produced near the Sicilian town of Calatafimi, this informal sketch is remarkable for its detailed account of the texture and colour of the rocky cliffs and outcroppings.

Provenance

Sir John Witt, London (1907-1982), L.646a (verso, lower left, though now abraded and illegible); Kathleen Jonas; Jonas Gift 2001

Exhibition History

The Courtauld Collects - 20 Years of Acquisitions, Somerset House & London & England, 17/06/2010-19/09/2010

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, abraded and now illegible, but recorded in 2003 conservation notes: Sir John Witt (L.646a).

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, graphite over watercolour: "R / C"; lower right, brown ink, located and dated: "Calatafimi. / 14. May. 1847. / 21."; lower right, graphite, erased: "21". Verso: centre, graphite, the "38" and "Calafimi" crossed out in graphite: "37 38 / Calafimi / Calatafimi / Sicily".

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