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At a River's Mouth
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At a River's Mouth
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
At a River's Mouth
Date
c.1754 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk and stump on blue-green paper
Dimensions
145 x 215 mm
Dimensions
5 11/16 x 8 1/2 in
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Collection
The British Museum.
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Accession Number
1864,0309.327
Wilson Online Reference
D252/1
Description
Twilight effect, the shores of a river looking to the sea. In the foreground is a figure on a bank, with stone pines above a low house at the left. The further shore rises in a steep hill topped with buildings.
Twilight effect, the shores of a river looking to the sea. In the foreground is a figure on a bank, with stone pines above a low house at the left. The further shore rises in a steep hill topped with buildings.
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Provenance
Donated by William Hookham Carpenter, March 1864
Donated by William Hookham Carpenter, March 1864
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
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Verso inscriptions
Recto lower right corner: British Museum
Recto lower right corner: British Museum
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D252/2 <i>Landscape Sketch</i>, The British Museum
D252/2
Landscape Sketch
, The British Museum
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Critical commentary
The verso of this drawing is D252/2 <i>Landscape Sketch</i>. The styles and techniques of the recto and verso are noticeably different from each other. Both have the same British Museum accession number.
The verso of this drawing is D252/2
Landscape Sketch
. The styles and techniques of the recto and verso are noticeably different from each other. Both have the same British Museum accession number.
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
851/1(31)
851/1(31)
Bibliography
Binyon 14
Binyon 14
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
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Condition/Conservation
Foxing on both sides
Foxing on both sides
Illustrations of the Work
Updated by Compiler
27/05/2016
27/05/2016
Work of Art
Drawings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Landscape Sketch
verso (recto is
At a River's Mouth)
, The British Museum
Exhibitions
Biographies
William Hookham Carpenter, 1792-1866
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
Part of a sketchbook
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