Tower on a Bay (Tower by the Sea)

Tower on a Bay (Tower by the Sea)
Tower on a Bay (Tower by the Sea)
Tower on a Bay (Tower by the Sea)
Private Collection / Photograph by Matthew Hollow
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Tower on a Bay (Tower by the Sea)
Date
c.1775-80
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Metric: 30 x 35.2 cm
Imperial: 11 3/4 x 13 7/8 in.
Collection
Private Collection, London
Wilson Online Reference
P195
Description
Before an Italianate coastal landscape rural figures are shown resting with a tower and other ruins are in the distance.
Provenance
Probably Col. M.H. Grant; Bonhams, 15 September 2009 (230); bt present owner
Critical commentary
W.G. Constable saw this work as part of a stylistically linked group distinguished by foliage painted in loose touches and blobs and broken by dotted lights.
Bibliography
WGC, pp. 92, 227, pl. 121a