Artists sketching on a River Bank

Artists sketching on a River Bank
Artists sketching on a River Bank
Artists sketching on a River Bank
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Artists sketching on a River Bank
Date
c.1752-56 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk with white chalk on blue-green paper
Dimensions
Metric: 270 x 395 mm
Imperial: 10 5/8 x 15 9/16 in.
Accession Number
1881,0212.13
Wilson Online Reference
D101
Description
A river winds between wooded hills into the right foreground. On the left, two artists sit on the bank sketching before two trees, between whose trunks stands a third figure.
Provenance
Presented by John Deffett Francis, February 1881
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Verso inscriptions
Verso invisible - paper laid down
Bibliography
Binyon 10; Solkin 1978, pp. 410-11, 414
Condition/Conservation
Some bad staining and some flattened creasing