A Horseman

A Horseman
A Horseman
A Horseman
National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
A Horseman
Date
c.1751 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk on white laid paper
Dimensions
Metric: 211 x 183 mm
Imperial: 8 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.
Accession Number
NMW A 5759
Wilson Online Reference
D30
Provenance
William Lock of Norbury; his sale, Sotheby's London 3-7 May 1821; Vulliamy; purchased from Russell Ward, Esq., 37 Church Street Hereford, 26 September 1958
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; inscribed lower centre in pencil: Wilson | Mr Lock's Sale 1821
Verso inscriptions
[1] On secondary support, pencil, upper centre: Ward
Critical commentary
Probably a quick sketch made from the carriage window on the way from Venice to Rome. On the reverse is a black line drawing of a church.
Condition/Conservation
Mounted with hinges onto a brown card