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Trees at a Villa
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Trees at a Villa
Date
c.1752-56 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk, heightened with white, on blue-green paper
Dimensions
Metric: 278 x 220 mm
Imperial: 11 x 8 3/4 in.
Details
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Collection
The British Museum.
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Accession Number
1881,0212.29
Wilson Online Reference
D253
Description
A great pine tree rises behind a garden wall with smaller trees to the right and cypresses beyond to the left.
Provenance
Donated by John Deffett Francis, 1881
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Verso inscriptions
Reverse invisible as the drawing has been laid down
Critical commentary
Perhaps drawn en plein air, but very precise
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
851/2 (35)
Bibliography
Binyon 19
Condition/Conservation
Some staining. Repair centre right.
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