Italan Scene with Tower (Italian Scene with Castle)

Italan Scene with Tower (Italian Scene with Castle)
Italan Scene with Tower (Italian Scene with Castle)
Italan Scene with Tower (Italian Scene with Castle)
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Italan Scene with Tower (Italian Scene with Castle)
Date
c.1752-56 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk and stump heightened with white over graphite on grey paper laid down on pink wove paper
Dimensions
Metric: Object size: 244 x 203 mm; drawing: 168 x 127 mm
Imperial: Object size: 9 5/8 x 8 in.; drawing: 6 5/8 x 5 in.
Accession Number
59.55.1464
Wilson Online Reference
D190
Provenance
Nathaniel Hone (1718-1784); [...] Gilbert Davis; P.& D. Colnaghi & Co., London; purchased by The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 25 January 1959
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Collectors' marks
[1] Lower centre: Nathaniel Hone (Lugt 2793)
[2] Lower right on secondary support: Gilbert Davis
[3] Lower right corner on secondary support, pencil in an old hand: [illegible words]
Verso inscriptions
[1] Secondary support, lower right corner, pencil in an old hand: 8 / 1.1.0
[2] Secondary support, lower right corner, pencil in an old hand:[illegible]
Critical commentary
On the evidence of the black integral lining the composition may perhaps have been worked up into a presentation drawing
Condition/Conservation
Secondary support has torn corner upper right. The image is framed with a pencil or black chalk lining. Some brown staining overall.