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The Notary

Maker

After
(artist)
1829-1898

Hermann Gedan (wood engraver)
born 1880

Kaeseberg & Oedel (publisher)

Title

The Notary

Date of Production

1886 - 1888

Medium

Wood engraving

Dimensions

Height: 16.1 cm
Width: 11.9 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.8149

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 in Wilfrid Meynell (ed.), The Modern School of Art, London, 1886-88, vol. 3, p. 215 and referenced p. 216. Letterpress text in English on verso.

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, printed within image: Kaeseberg & Oedel J X; lower right, printed within image: H.GEDAN Sc; lower margin on mount, handwritten in black ink: THE NOTARY. / BENJAMIN VAUTIER; lower right of mount, stamped in black: ILLUSTRATION: EX. CORNISH COLL. / ACQUIRED BY HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC / LIBRARY 1928; PRESENTED TO WITT / LIBRARY, 1966; lower right of mount, stamped in black: Witt / Library 1981.

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