Sketch of an Urn

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Sketch of an Urn
Sketch of an Urn
Sketch of an Urn
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Sketch of an Urn
Date
c.1760-62 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk on blue paper
Dimensions
Metric: 248 x 334 mm
Imperial: 9 3/4 x 13 1/8 in.
Accession Number
WA1971.53b
Wilson Online Reference
D357/2
Description
Study of a stone classical urn seen from below
Provenance
The Revd Robert Finch; bequeathed to the Taylor Institution, University of Oxford, 1830; transferred to the Ashmolean, 1971
Signature/inscription
Unsigned no inscription
Related Drawings
D357/1 The Ruined Arch at Kew, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
D357A A Ruin, Arch at Kew Gardens, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea
Related Prints
E72/17 Hastings after Wilson, Villa Borghese, The British Museum
Related Paintings
P108 The Arch in Kew Gardens, Private Collection, England
P108A Kew Gardens, Surrey, Ruined Arch, Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery
Critical commentary
The recto of this drawing is D357/1 The Ruined Arch at Kew, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Bibliography
Brown 1982, p. 669-70
Condition/Conservation
The white horizontal band across the top of this drawing is caused by fading or the mount showing through (it is not reflection).
Updated by Compiler
2016-12-06 00:00:00