Italian Sketchbook - Drawings 5(v) and 6(r)

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Italian Sketchbook - Drawings 5(v) and 6(r)
Italian Sketchbook - Drawings 5(v) and 6(r)
Italian Sketchbook - Drawings 5(v) and 6(r)
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Italian Sketchbook - Drawings 5(v) and 6(r)
Date
1754
Medium
Graphite with white and black chalk on medium, rough, blued white wove paper
Dimensions
Metric: 281 x 210 mm (each sheet)
Imperial: 11 1/16 x 8 1/4 in. (each sheet)
Accession Number
B1977.14.359 v5 & r6
Wilson Online Reference
D280/5
Description
Each sheet contains a drawing made on the spot of an individual tree. That on the right shelters five figures at its base
Provenance
Oldfield Bowles; given to Sir George Beaumont, 1784; thence by descent until 1963, when sold to Paul Mellon
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Related Drawings
D280/28 Italian Sketchbook - Drawing 29(r)
Critical commentary
Given the scale of the tree on the left hand sheet (5(v)), it is surprising to discern tiny figures at the base of that on the right (6(r)).
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
Object ID: 6363
Bibliography
Sutton & Clements 1968
More Information
Only two sketchbooks by Wilson have survived - the present one (D280-D280/33) and D53-D53/81 Studies and Designs by R. Wilson done in Rome in the Year MDCCLII, Victoria & Albert Museum, London (E.3586-1922).