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Study of Trees
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Private Collection, USA / Photograph Courtesy of Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd.
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Study of Trees
Date
c.1754-56
Medium
Black chalk and stump heightened with white on grey paper
Dimensions
515 x 375 mm
Dimensions
20 1/4 x 14 3/4 in.
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Collection
Private Collection, USA (c/o Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd).
Accession Number
Wilson Online Reference
D241
Description
A group of trees in leaf on a steep bank rising to the left
A group of trees in leaf on a steep bank rising to the left
Exhibited
London, Cardiff and New Haven, 1982-83 (53); Sudbury 1991 (7)
London, Cardiff and New Haven, 1982-83 (53); Sudbury 1991 (7)
Provenance
Cyril and Shirley Fry (purchased in the 1970s); Fry sale, Sotheby's, London, 7 July 2021 (7), bt Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd; acquired from them by Private Collection, USA, 2022.
Cyril and Shirley Fry (purchased in the 1970s); Fry sale, Sotheby's, London, 7 July 2021 (7), bt Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd; acquired from them by Private Collection, USA, 2022.
Signature/inscription
Inscribed in a modern hand, lower right: Wilson Two illegible words lower left
Inscribed in a modern hand, lower right: Wilson
Two illegible words lower left
Techniques and materials
Collectors' marks
Verso inscriptions
[1] Backboard upper right, white chalk: [illegible letters] 52
[1] Backboard upper right, white chalk: [illegible letters] 52
Mount inscriptions
Inscription by a different old hand lower centre: Gainsborough
Inscription by a different old hand lower centre: Gainsborough
Labels
Verso on backboard: [1] Upper left: four modern saleroom labels [2] Upper right: modern saleroom label [3] Lower right: red exhibition label [4] Lower right: two Gainsborough's House exhibition labels [5] Lower right: modern saleroom label
Verso on backboard:
[1] Upper left: four modern saleroom labels
[2] Upper right: modern saleroom label
[3] Lower right: red exhibition label
[4] Lower right: two Gainsborough's House exhibition labels
[5] Lower right: modern saleroom label
Subject
The trees may have been in the vicinity of Lake Nemi, which Wilson is known to have visited at this time. The area round it was famous for its trees.
The trees may have been in the vicinity of Lake Nemi, which Wilson is known to have visited at this time. The area round it was famous for its trees.
Related Subjects
Related Drawings
D245 <i>'Arbra Santa' on the Banks of Lake Nemi (Study of an Ancient Tree</i>), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
D245
'Arbra Santa' on the Banks of Lake Nemi (Study of an Ancient Tree
), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Critical commentary
As Solkin has noted, this is one of Wilson's most sensitive studies of trees. The artist had made considerable progress in his command of the chalk medium by the time he left Italy. It was only towards the end of his stay that he was able to handle this chosen technique with such subtlety and refinement.
As Solkin has noted, this is one of Wilson's most sensitive studies of trees. The artist had made considerable progress in his command of the chalk medium by the time he left Italy. It was only towards the end of his stay that he was able to handle this chosen technique with such subtlety and refinement.
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Bibliography
Solkin 1982, p. 174
Solkin 1982, p. 174
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
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Condition/Conservation
The paper has an old flattened horizontal fold about three fifths up
The paper has an old flattened horizontal fold about three fifths up
Illustrations of the Work
Updated by Compiler
07/06/2022
07/06/2022
Work of Art
Drawings
'Arbra Santa' on the Banks of Lake Nemi (Study of an Ancient Tree
, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Exhibitions
London, Tate Gallery, Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, and New Haven, Conn., Yale Center for British Art, 3 November 1982 - 19 June 1983
Sudbury, Gainsborough's House, 17 August - 13 October 1991
Biographies
Documents
David Solkin,
Richard Wilson: The Landscape of Reaction
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