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    River Scene by Moonlight (Lake Scene)

    River Scene by Moonlight (Lake Scene)
    River Scene by Moonlight (Lake Scene)
    River Scene by Moonlight (Lake Scene)
    Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    River Scene by Moonlight (Lake Scene)
    Date
    c.1754 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk heightened with white on blue paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 368 x 267 mm
    Imperial: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.
    Collection
    Private Collection, England
    Accession Number
    RF97
    Wilson Online Reference
    D285
    Description
    A lake with tall trees right and a castle, left, seen by moonlight
    Exhibited
    Brighton 1920; London 1934 (1151 - Lake Scene); Exeter 1946 (9 - Lake Scene); Leicester Museums and Art Gallery, Old Master Drawings. October 1952 (73); Paris 1953 (90)
    Provenance
    Mercati, Marylebone; bt Benjamin Booth October 1788; his son, the Revd S. Booth; his sisters, Elizabeth Booth and Marianne Booth, later Lady Ford; thence by descent
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; inscribed verso
    Verso inscriptions
    [1] MS inscription by Benjamin Booth: I purchased this drawing of Mercati in Marylebone High St, B.B. | Oct. 88
    [2] MS inscription: Marianne Ford
    [3] In Lady Ford's writing: Wilson
    Related Drawings
    D202 Tall Trees, Private Collection, England
    Bibliography
    Commemorative Catalogue 1934 (586); Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 20, BB47
    Updated by Compiler
    16/11/2018

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Tall Trees, Private Collection, England

    Exhibitions

    • Brighton, Fine Art Galleries, 28 February - 2 May 1920
    • London, Royal Academy, 6 January - 17 March 1934

    Biographies

    • Marianne Booth, Lady Ford (1767-1849)
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