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A River Scene
A River Scene
Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
A River Scene
Date
c.1753-54 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk, heightened with white on grey paper
Dimensions
Metric: 89 x 165 mm
Imperial: 3 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.
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Collection
Private Collection, England
Accession Number
RF86
Wilson Online Reference
D237
Description
To the left two men are fishing from a boat, surrounded by a drag net. To the right is a high bank with a stack of logs, a fence and trees.
Exhibited
Exeter 1946 (26); Birmingham 1948-49 (99a)
Provenance
William Lock of Norbury
; his sale, Sotheby's, London 3-7 May 1821; Marianne Ford; thence by descent
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Bibliography
Ford 1951, p. 56, pl. 33; Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 72, RF86
Exhibitions
Birmingham City Art Gallery, 17 November 1948 - 9 January 1949
Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 7 March - 5 April 1946
Biographies
William Lock 'of Norbury' (1732-1810)
Documents
Brinsley Ford,
The Drawings of Richard Wilson
Brinsley Ford and other authors,
The Ford Collection