Valentine's Day
Maker
(etcher)
1827-1897
1827-1897
Title
Valentine's Day
Date of Production
19th century
Medium
etching
Dimensions
Height: 13.6 cm
Height: 31.8 cm
Height: 31.8 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.7874
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Provenance: H. J. Cornish Collection; acquired by Hampstead Public Library (by 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: lower left corner, artist monogram: CR.
Stamp: recto: stamped in purple, lower centre, provenance: HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H. J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928.
Stamp: recto: stamped in black, lower right corner: M2.
Stamp: verso: stamped in blue ink, left centre, provenance: ILLUSTRATION : EX. CORNISH COLL. / ACQUIRED BY HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC / LIBRARY, 1928, PRESENTED TO WITT / LIBRARY, 1966.
Stamp: verso: stamped in blue, centre left: WITT / LIBRARY / 1982.
Inscription: recto: handwritten in pencil, lower left and centre, title and artist: Valentine's Day. C. ROSSITER.
Stamp: recto: stamped in purple, lower centre, provenance: HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H. J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928.
Stamp: recto: stamped in black, lower right corner: M2.
Stamp: verso: stamped in blue ink, left centre, provenance: ILLUSTRATION : EX. CORNISH COLL. / ACQUIRED BY HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC / LIBRARY, 1928, PRESENTED TO WITT / LIBRARY, 1966.
Stamp: verso: stamped in blue, centre left: WITT / LIBRARY / 1982.
Inscription: recto: handwritten in pencil, lower left and centre, title and artist: Valentine's Day. C. ROSSITER.
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