A Statue in an Amphitheatre

A Statue in an Amphitheatre
A Statue in an Amphitheatre
A Statue in an Amphitheatre
Tate, London 2014
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
A Statue in an Amphitheatre
Date
c.1752-57 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk and stump over graphite on white laid paper, laid down on old cream card with washlines
Dimensions
Metric: 173 x 235 mm
Imperial: 6 13/16 x 9 3/16 in.
Accession Number
T09299
Wilson Online Reference
D332
Description
A statue stands on a pedestal behind a section of colossal column in the foreground of a ruined amphitheatre, with foliage to the left. Tiny figures of a mother and child may be discerned in the right background while at the summit of the broken wall to their right is a cross.
Provenance
William Esdaile; Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919); Paul Oppé; purchased as part of Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, 1996
Signature/inscription
Signed in graphite lower left corner: R W.f.
Inscribed in ink lower right corner: WE
Collectors' marks
[1] Recto ink lower right corner: William Esdaile (Lugt 2617)
Verso inscriptions
[1] Lower left of mount, faint pencil: =/38 Esdaile's Colln
[2] Lower right of mount, faint pencil: Fairfax Murray Colln
Mount inscriptions
[1] Lower centre, pen: Wilson
[2] Lower right, faint pencil: 2804 [?] OQ [?]
[3] Upper left, pencil: 2081
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
2504
Condition/Conservation
Some brown spotting overall