Pastoral Landscape

Pastoral Landscape
Pastoral Landscape
Pastoral Landscape
Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Pastoral Landscape
Date
c.1751 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk
Dimensions
Metric: 140 x 185 mm
Imperial: 5 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.
Collection
Private Collection, England
Accession Number
RF64
Wilson Online Reference
D78
Description
In a wood a lone cow stands beneath a dead tree on the left bank of a lake or river. Opposite on the right a man and a woman recline in the shade of a thicket.
Exhibited
Exeter 1946 (52 - Landscape,)
Provenance
William Lock of Norbury; his sale, Sotheby's, London 3-7 May 1821; Marianne Ford; thence by descent
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Subject
An idyllic imaginary scene
Bibliography
Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 69, RF64
Updated by Compiler
2016-02-10 00:00:00