Middleton Tower
Maker
(artist)
1782-1842
1782-1842
Title
Middleton Tower
Date of Production
1818
Medium
graphite, brown and grey wash on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 21.7 cm
Width: 17.8 cm
Width: 17.8 cm
Accession Number
D.2007.DS.10
Mode of Acquisition
Dorothy Scharf, bequest, 2007 (March)
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Dr Lewis Fry; Christie's (London), 10 November 1980, lot 145; purchased there by Miss Dorothy Scharf, London (1942-2004); Scharf Bequest 2007.
Label from back of drawing (in file) for Anthony Reed, English Drawings and Paintings, London (n.d.)
Label from back of drawing (in file) for Anthony Reed, English Drawings and Paintings, London (n.d.)
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, graphite, signed and dated: "1818 J.S. Cotman". Verso: upper left, graphite: "8914"; upper right, graphite: "L. Fry"; centre, graphite, written vertically, hard to read: "J girar[?]"; right centre, graphite: "Middleton Tower / Norfolk"; lower right, graphite: "Fry / Cotman / C31"; lower left corner, graphite, hidden under support so only tops of letters visible: "PIA 129".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, graphite, signed and dated: "1818 J.S. Cotman". Verso: upper left, graphite: "8914"; upper right, graphite: "L. Fry"; centre, graphite, written vertically, hard to read: "J girar[?]"; right centre, graphite: "Middleton Tower / Norfolk"; lower right, graphite: "Fry / Cotman / C31"; lower left corner, graphite, hidden under support so only tops of letters visible: "PIA 129".
Collector's mark: none.
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