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A Tower on a Mole
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A Tower on a Mole
A Tower on a Mole
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
A Tower on a Mole
Date
1751-52 (undated)
Medium
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk
Dimensions
Metric: 119 x 163 mm
Imperial: 4 11/16 x 6 3/8 in.
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Collection
The British Museum.
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Accession Number
1881,0212.57
Wilson Online Reference
D18A
Description
A machicolated tower at the end of a mole can be seen on the left, with a boat sailing by in front and others in the distance to the right
Provenance
Given by John Deffett Francis, February 1881
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Related Drawings
D18
St George's Garden, Venice (Part of the Giudecca from the Island of San Giorgio, Venice)
, Private Collection, England
Critical commentary
A preliminary study, probably made on the spot, for D18
St George's Garden, Venice
Private Collection, England
Bibliography
Binyon 49(b)
Work of Art
Drawings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
St George's Garden, Venice (Part of the Giudecca from the Island of San Giorgio, Venice)
, Private Collection, England
Versions
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
St George's Garden, Venice (Part of the Giudecca from the Island of San Giorgio, Venice)
, Private Collection, England
Biographies
John Deffett Francis (1815-1901)
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
