Scene by a Lake

Scene by a Lake
Scene by a Lake
Scene by a Lake
National Galleries of Scotland / Photography by Antonia Reeve
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Artist
Follower of Wilson
Title
Scene by a Lake
Date
Undated
Medium
Black chalk on paper, inlaid
Dimensions
Metric: 225 x 346 mm
Imperial: 8 7/8 x 13 5/8 in.
Accession Number
RSA 252
Wilson Online Reference
NWD184
Provenance
David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy; on loan to the National Gallery of Scotland, 1966
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Verso inscriptions
[1] Lower right, pencil: 'fine drawing by Wilson | £1 11 6'
Mount inscriptions
[1] Pencil note by Mark Fisher (December 1988) defining the authorship as 'after Wilson'
Critical commentary
On stylistic grounds the drawing is likely to be by a follower rather than Wilson himself. As remarked by Baker the hatching is dull and repetitive and the treatment of the right foreground especially uninspiring.
Bibliography
Baker 2011, p. 416
Condition/Conservation
Conserved 1985
Updated by Compiler
2019-11-12 00:00:00