Mountain Scene

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Mountain Scene
Mountain Scene
Mountain Scene
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Mountain Scene
Date
c.1754-56 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk and stump, touched with green chalk, on blue-grey paper
Dimensions
Metric: 277 x 422 mm
Imperial: 11 x 16 5/8 in.
Accession Number
1881,0212.14
Wilson Online Reference
D255
Description
A plateau with a ridge beyond rises in a higher mass at the right. There is a well in the foreground to the left and nearer the right, two figures and some bushes can be seen, with three other small groups of figures further off.
Provenance
Donated by John Deffett Francis, 1881
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Verso inscriptions
Reverse invisible as the paper is laid down
Bibliography
Binyon 5
Condition/Conservation
Some small amount of staining and cockling