The letter writer
Maker
(artist)
1785-1841
(lithographer)
1808-1878
(publisher)
1789-1850
(printer)
1845-1925
1785-1841
(lithographer)
1808-1878
(publisher)
1789-1850
(printer)
1845-1925
Title
The letter writer
Date of Production
1.2.1843
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 46.9 cm
Width: 31.6 cm
Width: 31.6 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5630.1
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
previous owner: Witt, Robert Clermont (Sir)
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left margin & recto : : David Wilkie //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right margin & recto : : The Letter Writer Contantinople //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right margin & verso : later Witt library stamp : WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : right margin & recto : : D. WILKIE //
Inscription: inscription : printed : right margin & recto : : II. / The Letter Writer, Constantinople. / In the Collection of Lord Charles Townshend. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left margin & recto : : Sketches in Turkey, 1840-I
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin & verso : : I. / Mehemet Ali Pacha of Egypt. / The original sketch in the Possession of the Publishers. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin & verso : : Sketches in Turkey, 1840-I //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right margin & recto : : The Letter Writer Contantinople //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right margin & verso : later Witt library stamp : WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : right margin & recto : : D. WILKIE //
Inscription: inscription : printed : right margin & recto : : II. / The Letter Writer, Constantinople. / In the Collection of Lord Charles Townshend. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left margin & recto : : Sketches in Turkey, 1840-I
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin & verso : : I. / Mehemet Ali Pacha of Egypt. / The original sketch in the Possession of the Publishers. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin & verso : : Sketches in Turkey, 1840-I //
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