Bridge on the Saint Gothard
Maker
(artist)
1742-1782
1742-1782
Title
Bridge on the Saint Gothard
Date of Production
1770
Medium
graphite, pen and grey and black inks, watercolour with some gum arabic on laid paper, an extra strip added at the top, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 19.6 cm
Width: 21.6 cm
Width: 21.6 cm
Accession Number
D.2007.DS.31
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
Henry Temple, Lord Palmerston, London and Hampshire (1784-1865); Edward Basil Jupp, London (1812-1877), before 1871; Thomas William Waller; Elizabeth Stauffer Moore; by descent to her great-granddaughter, Elizabeth Richardson Simmons, New York; her sale, Christie's (London), 12 November 1968, lot 140; purchased there by Thomas Agnew & Sons (London); purchased there by Miss Dorothy Scharf, London (1942-2004), 1972, for £450; Scharf Bequest 2007
Exhibition History
96th Annual Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings, Agnews', London, 1969 (January)
Literature
Wilton, Andrew, William Pars: Journey through the Alps, Zurich, 1979
no. 30
ill. on p. 42
no. 30
ill. on p. 42
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Mount (historic), Verso: left upper edge: "BLAUW".
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: left lower edge, graphite, cut off: "7A" [? Or ZA?]; lower centre margin, grey ink: "A VIEW NEAR St. GOTHARD."; lower right edge, graphite: "W. Pars A.R. A. 1770". Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite: "140"; upper left corner, graphite, circled: "8789".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: left lower edge, graphite, cut off: "7A" [? Or ZA?]; lower centre margin, grey ink: "A VIEW NEAR St. GOTHARD."; lower right edge, graphite: "W. Pars A.R. A. 1770". Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite: "140"; upper left corner, graphite, circled: "8789".
Collector's mark: none.
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