Portrait of Richard Wilson, R.A.

Portrait of Richard Wilson, R.A.
Portrait of Richard Wilson, R.A.
Portrait of Richard Wilson, R.A.
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
Anonymous
Title
Portrait of Richard Wilson, R.A.
Date
after 1752
Medium
Black chalk, heightened with white, on yellow-buff paper
Dimensions
Metric: 463 x 299 mm
Imperial: 18 1/4 x 11 3/4 in.
Accession Number
1881,0611.201
Wilson Online Reference
NWD1
Description
Portrait of Wilson, head and shoulders turned to the right, looking to the front, wearing a head covering and ornate jacket.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1956-57, British Portraits (639)
Provenance
Purchased from: Richard Bull (Sotheby's sale, 23-29 May 1881 (154)) through Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Related Paintings
NWP1 Anton Rafael Mengs, Portrait of Richard Wilson, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Critical commentary
This drawing was thought to be a study for the original Mengs painting (NWP1) but could also be a later copy of it. Roettgen attributed it to Edward Penny (1714-1791), a contemporary of Wilson and Professor of Painting at the Royal Academy (see Bibiliography).
Bibliography
S. Roettgen, Anton Raphael Mengs: 1728-1779, 2 vols, Munich, 1999 and 2003, vol. 1, p. 305, cat. no. 236, WK1