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Riverside Scene with Figures, Hexagonal Building Left and Horse-drawn Wagon crossing Bridge at Right
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Riverside Scene with Figures, Hexagonal Building Left and Horse-drawn Wagon crossing Bridge at Right
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Riverside Scene with Figures, Hexagonal Building Left and Horse-drawn Wagon crossing Bridge at Right
Date
c.1750-51 (undated)
Medium
Graphite and black chalk with black ink on medium, moderately textured, blued-white laid paper
Dimensions
237 x 356 mm
Dimensions
9 5/16 x 14 in.
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Collection
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven. To license images click here
Accession Number
B1977.14.6063
Wilson Online Reference
D16
Description
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Provenance
Giopes sale 10 April 1794 [...] Captain R. Ford; sold Christie's 17 June 1929 (3) bt Lowinsky (14 guineas); T.E. Lowinsky [Lugt 2420a]; Justin Lowinsky; bt Paul Mellon, February 1963; acquired by Yale Center for British Art, 1977
Giopes sale 10 April 1794 [...] Captain R. Ford; sold Christie's 17 June 1929 (3) bt Lowinsky (14 guineas); T.E. Lowinsky [Lugt 2420a]; Justin Lowinsky; bt Paul Mellon, February 1963; acquired by Yale Center for British Art, 1977
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
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Collectors' marks
Recto lower left corner: Capital T on part of oval
Recto lower left corner: Capital T on part of oval
Verso inscriptions
[1] Top, pencil: 4=0 1-6 [2] Pencil: L78 68 [3] Old pencil: No 2
[1] Top, pencil: 4=0 1-6
[2] Pencil: L78 68
[3] Old pencil: No 2
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Critical commentary
Very beautifully and sensitively drawn. There are signs of pencil lines all round the image, suggesting that it may have been intended as a presentation drawing.
Very beautifully and sensitively drawn. There are signs of pencil lines all round the image, suggesting that it may have been intended as a presentation drawing.
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
Object ID: 15149
Object ID: 15149
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Link to WG Constable Archive Record
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Condition/Conservation
Vertical fold down the centre
Vertical fold down the centre
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Work of Art
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Robert Archer, 1811
Thomas Lowinsky, 1892-1947
Paul Mellon, 1907-1999
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Part of a sketchbook
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