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Palombara
Palombara
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Palombara
Date
c.1751 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk
Dimensions
Metric: 106 x 153 mm
Imperial: 4 1/8 x 6 in.
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Collection
The British Museum.
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Accession Number
1881,0212.63
Wilson Online Reference
D40
Description
The town of Palombara lying in a hollow, with two hills on the right and a high bridge
Provenance
Given by John Deffett Francis, February 1881
Signature/inscription
Inscribed in Wilson's hand, upper right: Chita [Citta] Palomare
Subject
Palombara Sabina is a small town about 25 kilometres north-east of Rome
Bibliography
Binyon 48(a)
Condition/Conservation
Disfiguring staining round all four edges
Updated by Compiler
2015-12-14 00:00:00
Biographies
John Deffett Francis (1815-1901)
Documents
Laurence Binyon,
Catalogue of Drawings by British Artists and Artists of Foreign Origin working in Great Britain preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum