Landscape with Bridge

Landscape with Bridge
Landscape with Bridge
Landscape with Bridge
National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Landscape with Bridge
Date
c.1752-54 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk and stump on buff paper, laid down on old lined mount
Dimensions
Metric: 168 x 214 mm
Imperial: 6 9/16 x 8 3/8 in.
Accession Number
NMW A 5761
Wilson Online Reference
D330
Exhibited
London 1925 (100)
Provenance
John Deffett Francis; Thomas Henry Thomas Bequest, 1924
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Collectors' marks
[1] Lower left: illegible inside double ellipse
[2] Lower right, J.D.F. in single ellipse: John Deffett Francis (Lugt 1447)
Verso inscriptions
[1] Upper centre, smudged ink: This sketch is by Richard Wilson R.A. [|] & authenticated by his pupil J. Farrington [sic] R.A. [|] J.D.F.
[2] Centre, pencil: 2
Mount inscriptions
Recto:
[1] Lower right, pencil: 1208 [or 1708]
[2] Lower left: old illegible dimensions
Critical commentary
Given the discrepancies in scale, especially apparent in the figures and edifice on the bridge itself, this seems more likely to be an early Piranesian fantasy than the record of a real scene
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
24.517
Bibliography
Cardiff 1961, pp. 12-13
Condition/Conservation
Good condition