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Sketch of an Urn
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Sketch of an Urn
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Sketch of an Urn
Date
c.1760-62 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk on blue paper
Dimensions
248 x 334 mm
Dimensions
9 3/4 x 13 1/8 in.
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Collection
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. To license image, click here.
Accession Number
WA1971.53b
Wilson Online Reference
D357/2
Description
Study of a stone classical urn seen from below
Study of a stone classical urn seen from below
Exhibited
Provenance
The Revd Robert Finch; bequeathed to the Taylor Institution, University of Oxford, 1830; transferred to the Ashmolean, 1971
The Revd Robert Finch; bequeathed to the Taylor Institution, University of Oxford, 1830; transferred to the Ashmolean, 1971
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Unsigned no inscription
Unsigned no inscription
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Related Drawings
D357/1 <i>The Ruined Arch at Kew</i>, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford D357A <i>A Ruin, Arch at Kew Gardens</i>, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea
D357/1
The Ruined Arch at Kew
, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
D357A
A Ruin, Arch at Kew Gardens
, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea
Related Prints
E72/17 Hastings after Wilson, <i>Villa Borghese</i>, The British Museum
E72/17 Hastings after Wilson,
Villa Borghese
, The British Museum
Versions
Related Paintings
P108 <i>The Arch in Kew Gardens</i>, Private Collection, England P108A <i>Kew Gardens, Surrey, Ruined Arch</i>, Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery
P108
The Arch in Kew Gardens
, Private Collection, England
P108A
Kew Gardens, Surrey, Ruined Arch
, Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery
Related Works by Other Artists
Critical commentary
The recto of this drawing is D357/1 <i>The Ruined Arch at Kew</i>, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
The recto of this drawing is D357/1
The Ruined Arch at Kew
, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
Bibliography
Brown 1982, p. 669-70
Brown 1982, p. 669-70
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
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Condition/Conservation
The white horizontal band across the top of this drawing is caused by fading or the mount showing through (it is not reflection).
The white horizontal band across the top of this drawing is caused by fading or the mount showing through (it is not reflection).
Illustrations of the Work
Updated by Compiler
06/12/2016
06/12/2016
Work of Art
Drawings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
The Ruined Arch at Kew
, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
A Ruin, Arch at Kew Gardens
, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea
Prints
Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
Villa Borghese
, The British Museum
Paintings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
The Arch in Kew Gardens
, Private Collection, England
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Kew Gardens, Surrey, Ruined Arch
, Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery
Exhibitions
Biographies
Documents
David Blayney Brown,
Catalogue of the Collection of Drawings in the Ashmolean Museum, Volume IV: The Earlier British Drawings, British Artists and Foreigners working in Britain born before c.1775
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