Lake Scene with a Church

Lake Scene with a Church
Lake Scene with a Church
Lake Scene with a Church
Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Lake Scene with a Church
Date
c.1754 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk
Dimensions
Metric: 178 x 254 mm
Imperial: 7 x 10 in.
Collection
Private Collection, England
Accession Number
RF100
Wilson Online Reference
D295
Description
Two figures are silhouetted on the banks of a lake in the centre foreground. In the left foreground there is a twisted tree and a church can be seen across a small lake.
Exhibited
Exeter 1946 (42 - Lake Scene)
Provenance
Marianne (Lady) Ford; thence by descent
Techniques and materials
Drawn with unusual precision - perhaps a compositional study
Verso inscriptions
[1] Marianne Ford
[2] In Marianne Ford's hand: Wilson
Bibliography
Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 73, RF100