Landscape with a Tower

Landscape with a Tower
Landscape with a Tower
Landscape with a Tower
Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Landscape with a Tower
Date
c.1751 (undated)
Medium
Red chalk
Dimensions
Metric: 140 x 208 mm
Imperial: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.
Collection
Private Collection, England
Accession Number
RBF569
Wilson Online Reference
D76
Description
A road with figures and a tower in the right distance
Exhibited
Exeter 1946 (50 - Landscape)
Provenance
W. Roscoe; W. Parker; bt Brinsley Ford
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Collectors' marks
[1] Roscoe?
Verso inscriptions
[1] Facsimile of Wilson's signature
[2] Inscribed by W. Parker
Critical commentary
A slight, rapid sketch, probably executed on the journey from Venice to Rome
Bibliography
Walpole Society 1998-II, p. 266, RBF569