A Wayside Hut

A Wayside Hut
A Wayside Hut
A Wayside Hut
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
A Wayside Hut
Date
c.1752-56 (undated)
Medium
Black and white chalk, on grey-green paper
Dimensions
Metric: 169 x 180 mm
Imperial: 6 5/8 x 7 1/16 in.
Accession Number
1881,0212.51
Wilson Online Reference
D149
Description
A wayside hut with figures and a bank with trees behind. A villa stands further away on the left.
Provenance
Given by John Deffett Francis, 1881
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Subject
In the late 16th century Pope Sixtus V (1521-1590), while still a cardinal, bought a large estate and villa in the northern part of Rome. In 1696 it was sold to Cardinal Giovanni Francesco Negroni and became known as Villa Negroni. It was demolished in the 19th century.
Related Drawings
D230 Villa Negroni, Private Collection, England
D404 Villa Negroni, Rome
Related Works by Other Artists
[1] Richard Cooper Junior (1740-1822): Garden of the Villa Negroni at Rome, brown ink, wash and white chalk on paper, National Galleries of Scotland
[2] Thomas Jones: An Excavation of an Antique Building in a Cava in the Villa Negroni, Rome, oil and chalk on paper, ?1777, later dated 1779, Tate, London (T03544)
[3] John Robert Cozens: In the Gardens of the Villa Negroni at Rome, watercolour, 1783, Private Collection
[4] Joseph Mallord William Turner: Villa Negroni, graphite and wash on paper, c.1794-97,
Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester (D1963.2)
Critical commentary
It was noted by Binyon that this drawing is a more finished version of D230 Villa Negroni, Private Collection, England
Bibliography
Binyon 22(b)