View of a Bay with Fishermen in the Foreground

View of a Bay with Fishermen in the Foreground
View of a Bay with Fishermen in the Foreground
View of a Bay with Fishermen in the Foreground
Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
View of a Bay with Fishermen in the Foreground
Date
c.1754 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk heightened with white on grey paper
Dimensions
Metric: 90 x 152 mm
Imperial: 3 1/2 x 6 in.
Collection
Private Collection, England
Accession Number
RF95
Wilson Online Reference
D288
Description
In the foreground at the left four men can be seen hauling nets. Across a small bay or river is a prominent building and a three-arched bridge is visible on the right, behind which in the distance is a hill with a tower at its summit.
Exhibited
Exeter 1946 (29 - A Bay); Birmingham 1948-49 (99d)
Provenance
William Lock of Norbury; his sale, Sotheby's, London 3-7 May 1821; Ford family; thence by descent
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Bibliography
Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 72, RF95