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    A Wall overgrown with Plants

    A Wall overgrown with Plants
    A Wall overgrown with Plants
    A Wall overgrown with Plants
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    A Wall overgrown with Plants
    Date
    c.1753-54 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk with white highlights on grey laid paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 103 x 194 mm
    Imperial: 4 x 7 9/16 in.
    Collection
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    NMW A 5757
    Wilson Online Reference
    D329
    Description
    View of an overgrown dilapidated wall with an arch at one end
    Exhibited
    London, Cardiff and New Haven 1982-83 (28)
    Provenance
    Paul Sandby (c.1730-1809) [...] purchased from F.R. Meatyard, 1919
    Collectors' marks
    [1] Lower left corner: Paul Sandby (Lugt 2112)
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    19.229
    Bibliography
    Solkin 1982, p. 160
    Condition/Conservation
    Dimensions of secondary support 187 x 285 mm (7 3/8 x 11 1/4 in.)

    Exhibitions

    • London, Tate Gallery, Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, and New Haven, Conn., Yale Center for British Art, 3 November 1982 - 19 June 1983

    Biographies

    • Frederick Meatyard (died c.1964)
    • Paul Sandby (c.1730-1809)

    Documents

    • David Solkin, Richard Wilson: The Landscape of Reaction
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