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Interior of a Cave
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Interior of a Cave
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Interior of a Cave
Date
c.1752-56 (undated)
Medium
Black and white chalk, on buff paper
Dimensions
Metric: 157 x 213 mm
Imperial: 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.
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Collection
The British Museum.
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Accession Number
1881,0212.27
Wilson Online Reference
D136
Description
In a cavernous grotto two figures stand conversing beneath a lantern suspended from the roof, while two other figures are visible in the distance, far left
Provenance
Given by John Deffett Francis, 1881
Subject
Probably executed in a grotto near Naples
Bibliography
Binyon 25; Ford 1951, p. 58, no. 49
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
Brinsley Ford,
The Drawings of Richard Wilson
