A Rocky Landscape

A Rocky Landscape
A Rocky Landscape
A Rocky Landscape
Private Collection / Photograph by Matthew Hollow
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
A Rocky Landscape
Date
c.1751 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk
Dimensions
Metric: 120 x 202 mm
Imperial: 4 3/4 x 7 15/16 in.
Collection
Private Collection, England
Accession Number
RF62
Wilson Online Reference
D29
Description
To the left a town stands on a high plateau. To the right below, a bridge is faintly indicated.
Exhibited
Exeter 1946 (46)
Provenance
William Lock of Norbury; his sale, Sotheby's, London 3-7 May 1821; Marianne [?] Ford; thence by descent
Signature/inscription
Inscribed upper right: R.W.f.
Subject
Probably a rococo invention rather than a topographical view
Related Drawings
D36 A Fisherman's Dwelling, Private Collection, England
Critical commentary
Probably executed in Venice or shortly afterwards during Wilson's journey to Rome (1751-52). The paper bears the bottom half of an Italian 1747 watermark. The upper part of this watermark is found in the paper used for D36 A Fisherman's Dwelling.
Bibliography
W.A. Churchill, Watermarks in Paper in the XVII and XVIII Centuries, Amsterdam 1935, no. 262; Ford 1951 p. 52 under pl. 4; Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 69, RF62
Condition/Conservation
Enclosed in a black chalk border.