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Ruin and Figures
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Ruin and Figures
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Ruin and Figures
Date
c.1765 (undated)
Medium
Black and white chalk, on buff paper
Dimensions
163 x 213 mm
Dimensions
6 7/16 x 8 3/8 in.
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Collection
The British Museum.
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Accession Number
1881,0212.26
Wilson Online Reference
D361
Description
A ruined tower and other buildings overgrown with trees to the right. There are two monks, one standing and one seated under a broken arch to the left of the ruin.
A ruined tower and other buildings overgrown with trees to the right. There are two monks, one standing and one seated under a broken arch to the left of the ruin.
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Provenance
Given by John Deffett Francis, 1881
Given by John Deffett Francis, 1881
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Subject
The location may have been Burton Ferry, Glamorganshire
The location may have been Burton Ferry, Glamorganshire
Related Subjects
Related Drawings
Related Prints
E60/16 John Whessell after Wilson, <i>Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower with three Figures gathered in front</i>, The British Museum and other impressions E72/16 Thomas Hastings after Wilson, <i>Untitled</i>, The British Museum and other impressions
E60/16 John Whessell after Wilson,
Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower with three Figures gathered in front
, The British Museum and other impressions
E72/16 Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
Untitled
, The British Museum and other impressions
Versions
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Related Paintings
P168 <i>Ruined Tower with a Figure</i>, Bristol City Museum and Gallery P168A <i>Two Figures by a Ruin (Ruined Tower with a Figure)</i>, Felbrigg Hall, National Trust
P168
Ruined Tower with a Figure
, Bristol City Museum and Gallery
P168A
Two Figures by a Ruin (Ruined Tower with a Figure)
, Felbrigg Hall, National Trust
Related Works by Other Artists
Critical commentary
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
851/6(24)
851/6(24)
Bibliography
Binyon 26; Ford 1951, p. 57, no. 42; WGC, p. 221, under pl. 112c
Binyon 26; Ford 1951, p. 57, no. 42; WGC, p. 221, under pl. 112c
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
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Condition/Conservation
Some brown staining, especially upper left centre
Some brown staining, especially upper left centre
Illustrations of the Work
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Work of Art
Prints
John Whessell (c.1760-1806) after Wilson
Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower with three Figures gathered in front
, The British Museum
John Whessell (c.1760-1806) after Wilson
Architectural Ruins
, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
Untitled
, The British Museum
Versions
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Landscape: Road winding past Ruins of a Castle
, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Paintings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Ruined Tower with a Figure
, Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Two Figures by a Ruin
, Felbrigg Hall, National Trust
Exhibitions
Biographies
John Deffett Francis, 1815-1901
Documents
William George Constable,
Richard Wilson
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
Brinsley Ford,
The Drawings of Richard Wilson
Part of a sketchbook
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