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    Coast Scene with a rocky Island crowned with a ruined Tower

    Coast Scene with a rocky Island crowned with a ruined Tower
    Coast Scene with a rocky Island crowned with a ruined Tower
    Coast Scene with a rocky Island crowned with a ruined Tower
    Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Coast Scene with a rocky Island crowned with a ruined Tower
    Date
    c.1754 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk heightened with white, on grey paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 146 x 203 mm
    Imperial: 5 3/4 x 8 in.
    Collection
    Private Collection, England
    Accession Number
    RF94
    Wilson Online Reference
    D284
    Description
    In the foreground a fisherman is seated on the rocks. Behind him, across the sea, is a rocky outcrop with a ruined tower, and tiny buildings at its foot. Clouds approach from the right.
    Exhibited
    Exeter 1946 (51)
    Provenance
    William Lock of Norbury; his sale, Sotheby's, London 3-7 May 1821; Ford family; thence by descent
    Bibliography
    Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 72, RF94

    Exhibitions

    • Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 7 March - 5 April 1946

    Biographies

    • William Lock 'of Norbury' (1732-1810)

    Documents

    • Brinsley Ford and other authors, The Ford Collection
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