Landscape Sketch: View through the Arches

Landscape Sketch: View through the Arches
Landscape Sketch: View through the Arches
Landscape Sketch: View through the Arches
National Galleries of Scotland / Photography by Antonia Reeve
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Landscape Sketch: View through the Arches
Date
c.1751-52
Medium
Red chalk on paper, inlaid
Dimensions
Metric: 92 x 153 mm
Imperial: 3 5/8 x 6 in.
Accession Number
D 4659
Wilson Online Reference
D75
Description
This study perhaps shows a view across a river with soldiers in the foreground
Exhibited
London 1916 (14); London 1925 (78); Manchester 1925 (3)
Provenance
Henry Revely (1737-1798), writer; his sale Christie's, 11 May 1852; Dr Edward Riggall; his sale, Sotheby's, second portion of prints and drawings, 4 July 1891 (103); Herbert Horne (1864-1916); Sir Edward Marsh; presented through the National Art Collections Fund, 1953
Signature/inscription
Inscribed verso
Collectors' marks
[1] Stamp lower right corner: Henry Revely (Lugt 1356)
Verso inscriptions
Inscribed in pencil, upper centre: Richd. Wilson f
Mount inscriptions
The entry from the London 1916 catalogue, which gives the provenance, is adhered to the modern mount
Bibliography
Binyon 1916, p. 21; Baker 2011, pp. 413 & 414 repr.
Condition/Conservation
In good condition