A Break in the Clouds - Stodge, Whose Three Pictures Were Rejected by the Royal Academy, Sees a Way Out of His Difficulties!
Maker
(artist)
1823-1891
1823-1891
Title
A Break in the Clouds - Stodge, Whose Three Pictures Were Rejected by the Royal Academy, Sees a Way Out of His Difficulties!
Date of Production
8 June 1878
Medium
Wood engraving
Dimensions
Height: 18.9 cm
Width: 12.1 cm
Width: 12.1 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.7777
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
Notes
Illustration to Punch, vol. 74 (1878), p. 255.
Provenance
Acquired by Hampstead Public Library from H. J. Cornish Collection in 1928; transferred to the Courtauld Institute of Art, Witt Library in 1966; transferred to the Courtauld Gallery from the Witt Library in 1990.
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: upper right, printed in image: ENORMOUS / PRICES / GIVEN FOR / OLD / CANVAS
Signature: Recto: lower right, printed in image: CK
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, typed below image: "A BREAK IN THE CLOUDS." / STODGE, WHOSE THREE PICTURES WERE REJECTED BY THE ROYAL ACADEMY, SEES A WAY / OUT OF HIS DIFFICULTIES!
Stamp: Recto: lower right, stamped in blue: HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H. J. CORNISH COLLECTION / 1928.
Label: Recto: lower left, black pen: Charles Keene
Inscription: Recto: lower right, black pen: Punch
Stamp: Mount, Recto: lower right, stamped in blue: EX CORNISH COLLECTION / PRES. TO HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC / LIBRARY 1928.
Stamp: Mount, Recto: lower right, stamped in blue: WITT / LIBRARY
Stamp: Mount, Recto: lower right, stamped in blue: M
Signature: Recto: lower right, printed in image: CK
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, typed below image: "A BREAK IN THE CLOUDS." / STODGE, WHOSE THREE PICTURES WERE REJECTED BY THE ROYAL ACADEMY, SEES A WAY / OUT OF HIS DIFFICULTIES!
Stamp: Recto: lower right, stamped in blue: HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H. J. CORNISH COLLECTION / 1928.
Label: Recto: lower left, black pen: Charles Keene
Inscription: Recto: lower right, black pen: Punch
Stamp: Mount, Recto: lower right, stamped in blue: EX CORNISH COLLECTION / PRES. TO HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC / LIBRARY 1928.
Stamp: Mount, Recto: lower right, stamped in blue: WITT / LIBRARY
Stamp: Mount, Recto: lower right, stamped in blue: M
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