English Hillside with Fields and Buildings

English Hillside with Fields and Buildings
English Hillside with Fields and Buildings
English Hillside with Fields and Buildings
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
English Hillside with Fields and Buildings
Date
1770s (undated)
Medium
Graphite on white laid paper
Dimensions
Metric: 119 x 193 mm
Imperial: 4 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.
Accession Number
WA1855.149
Wilson Online Reference
D376
Description
View of a rising hillside, with a pattern of fields punctuated by numerous trees and hedges, together with buildings on the skyline and a settlement at the lower left
Exhibited
Birmingham 1948 (130); London 1949 (129); London, Cardiff and New Haven, 1982-83 (146)
Provenance
Chambers Hall Gift, 1855
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Collectors' marks
[1] Lower right corner: Chambers Hall (Lugt 551)
[2] Lower right corner: Oxford University Galleries (Lugt 2003)
Critical commentary
In Chambers Hall's list of drawings, sent to Oxford on 27 March 1855, the drawing is described as a 'study from nature probably English'. With little evidence the location has been linked with the views of Moor Park, from where the proposed date of c.1765 emerges. Solkin, however, argues convincingly for a later dating in Wilson's last decade.
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
1907
Bibliography
Ford 1951, pp. 37, 62, no. 74; Brown 1982, pp. 668-69, no. 1907, pl. 554; Solkin 1982, p. 249
Condition/Conservation
Once but no longer mounted with D66 Antique Ruins on the Sea Coast