Italian Sketchbook - Drawings 21(v) and 22(r)

Italian Sketchbook - Drawings 21(v) and 22(r)
Italian Sketchbook - Drawings 21(v) and 22(r)
Italian Sketchbook - Drawings 21(v) and 22(r)
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Italian Sketchbook - Drawings 21(v) and 22(r)
Date
1754
Medium
Graphite with black and white chalk on medium, rough, blued white wove paper
Dimensions
Metric: 281 x 210 mm (each sheet)
Imperial: 11 1/16 x 8 1/4 in. (each sheet)
Accession Number
B1977.14.359 v21 & r22
Wilson Online Reference
D280/21
Description
21(v): Outline drawing of distant town and bridge beyond a curving riverbank and framing tree at the left
22(r): blank
Provenance
Oldfield Bowles; given to Sir George Beaumont, 1784; thence by descent until 1963, when sold to Paul Mellon
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Subject
The site depicted remains uncertain. Clements noted the suggestions by Sir John Summerson and others of a view of St Paul's and the City of London from the west but the context of the sketchbook together with the mountains seen beyond and the rural foreground surely favour an Italian location or a capriccio as the subject.
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
Object ID: 6363
Bibliography
Sutton & Clements 1968, vol. 1, pp. 20-21; vol. 2, p. 40
More Information
Only two sketchbooks by Wilson have survived - the present one (D280-D280/33) and D53-D53/81 Studies and Designs by R. Wilson done in Rome in the Year MDCCLII, Victoria & Albert Museum, London (E.3586-1922).
Updated by Compiler
2016-07-15 00:00:00