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A Church built on a projecting Rock
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A Church built on a projecting Rock
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Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
A Church built on a projecting Rock
Date
c.1751
Medium
Black chalk and stump
Dimensions
255 x 216 mm
Dimensions
10 x 8 1/2 in.
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Collection
Private Collection, England
Accession Number
RF63
Wilson Online Reference
D67
Description
A church or temple is built on a projecting rock. At the base of the rock to the left are two small figures, one carrying a load. To the right is an extensive landscape with a town in the distance.
A church or temple is built on a projecting rock. At the base of the rock to the left are two small figures, one carrying a load. To the right is an extensive landscape with a town in the distance.
Exhibited
London 1925 (77B); Exeter 1946 (47); Gainsborough House 2014 (unnumbered)
London 1925 (77B); Exeter 1946 (47); Gainsborough House 2014 (unnumbered)
Provenance
<span class="underline">William Lock of Norbury</span>; his sale, Sotheby's, London 3-7 May 1821; Marianne Ford; thence by descent
William Lock of Norbury
; his sale, Sotheby's, London 3-7 May 1821; Marianne Ford; thence by descent
Signature/inscription
Signed in black chalk lower left: R.W.f.
Signed in black chalk lower left: R.W.f.
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Subject
Probably an imaginary scene
Probably an imaginary scene
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Critical commentary
The tiny figures are used to emphasise the massive size of the natural features
The tiny figures are used to emphasise the massive size of the natural features
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Bibliography
Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 69, RF63
Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 69, RF63
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Updated by Compiler
15/11/2018
15/11/2018
Work of Art
Exhibitions
Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 7 March - 5 April 1946
Sudbury, Gainsborough's House, 11 January - 31 May 2014
Biographies
William Lock 'of Norbury', 1732-1810
Richard Ford, 1796-1858
Sir Brinsley Ford, 1908-1999
Marianne Booth, Lady Ford, 1767-1849
Sir Francis Clare Ford, 1828-1899
John G. Ford, -1917
Documents
Brinsley Ford and other authors,
The Ford Collection
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