Slight Sketch in Rome

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Slight Sketch in Rome
Slight Sketch in Rome
Slight Sketch in Rome
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Slight Sketch in Rome
Date
c.1752-56 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk
Dimensions
Metric: 90 x 91 mm
Imperial: 3 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.
Accession Number
1881,0212.38
Wilson Online Reference
D141
Description
Two figures are seen in the foreground on the left and there is a ruined building on the right with other figures near it. The dome of St Peter's appears beyond a bridge in the distance.
Provenance
Given by John Deffett Francis, 1881
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Bibliography
Binyon 53(a)