Sur la Seine
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld
Image: Courtauld
Maker
(artist)
Title
Sur la Seine
Date of Production
1768
Medium
Pen and grey-black ink, watercolour and opaque watercolour over traces of graphite on laid paper, with framing line drawn by the artist in pen and grey-black ink
Dimensions
Height: 22.2 cm
Width: 38.7 cm
Width: 38.7 cm
Object Number
D.2026.MB.15
Mode of Acquisition
Michael Broughton, gift, 2026
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust). Michael Broughton bequest, 2026
Location
Not currently on display
Inscriptions
Inscription: Inscribed, recto, "La Seine" (upper centre, graphite); "Sur la Seine. . MM. 1768" (lower right, brown ink, by the artist); verso, "15 x 22" (upper right, graphite); "26 / 30 / 86714" (lower right, graphite, each number circled).
Historic mount, verso of inner cover: graphite, hidden under tape: "30 Ag"; recto of back cover, lower right, graphite: "Ag / 30"; verso of back cover, all lower right, graphite: "90" (enclosed in a square, scribbled out); "31" (enclosed in a square); "F11 / Mr Broughton / 24/3/11 / 025262 / X (red crayon) / 86714 (circled)".
Watermark: I * PORTAL (centre, vertical)
Watermark: I * PORTAL (centre, vertical)
Provenance
John Appleby (1929-2009); his sale, Christie's, 4 November 2010, lot 138 (part of a lot, as William Mitford); Abbott & Holder, London, where acquired by Michael Broughton (1944-2026), Watford; Michael Broughton bequest, 2026
Exhibition History
A View of One's Own, Landscapes by British Women Artists, 1760-1860, Courtauld Gallery, London, 28/01/2026-20/05/2026
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