Lake Scene

Lake Scene
Lake Scene
Lake Scene
Photograph by Matthew Hollow
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Lake Scene
Date
Undated
Medium
Black chalk on grey laid paper laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Metric: 200 [irregular] x 375 mm
Imperial: 7 7/8 [irregular] x 14 3/4 in.
Collection
Private Collection, England
Accession Number
RF105
Wilson Online Reference
D387/1
Description
View of a lake with figures on a steep hill in the foreground
Provenance
Benjamin Booth; his son, the Revd S. Booth; his sisters, Elizabeth Booth and Marianne Booth, later Lady Ford; thence by descent
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Verso inscriptions
[1] Benjamin Booth [?] in black ink, centre: Wilson -
[2] Lady Ford, lower left in black ink: Marianne Ford
[3] A later hand in pencil, inverted, lower right: Not in Brighton | Catalogue
Related Prints
E72/30 Hastings after Wilson, View of Lake Nemi, The British Museum and other impressions
Related Paintings
P101 The Head of Lake Nemi, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg and other versions
Critical commentary
This fragment is one of three ruined black chalk drawings summarily catalogued by Luke Herrmann in Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 73, RF105, RF 106 & RF107 - all 'certainly the remains of the work of Richard Wilson' but unmounted, torn or badly rubbed. The subject appears to be Lake Nemi (see Related Paintings).
Bibliography
Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 73, RF105
Condition/Conservation
Unmounted but laid down on cream paper. Torn and rubbed in places. Prominent brown staining upper left and mid-right; brown spotting in other areas.
Updated by Compiler
2017-01-17 00:00:00