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Ruin in a Valley
Ruin in a Valley
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Ruin in a Valley
Date
c.1752-54 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk, on blue-green paper
Dimensions
Metric: 135 x 196 mm
Imperial: 5 5/16 x 7 3/4 in.
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Collection
The British Museum.
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Accession Number
1881,0212.74
Wilson Online Reference
D154
Description
A ruin with a tower in a hollow and wooded heights rising beyond. A figure, perhaps an artist, sits in the lower left corner.
Provenance
Given by John Deffett Francis, February 1881
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
851/4 (10)
Bibliography
Binyon 36(a); Sutton & Clements 1968, vol. 2, p. 27, fig. 25
Biographies
John Deffett Francis (1815-1901)
Documents
Laurence Binyon,
Catalogue of Drawings by British Artists and Artists of Foreign Origin working in Great Britain preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
Denys Sutton & Ann Clements,
An Italian Sketchbook by Richard Wilson, RA: Drawings made by the Artist in Rome and its Environs in the Year 1754
