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    A Church built on a projecting Rock

    A Church built on a projecting Rock
    A Church built on a projecting Rock
    A Church built on a projecting Rock
    Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    A Church built on a projecting Rock
    Date
    c.1751
    Medium
    Black chalk and stump
    Dimensions
    Metric: 255 x 216 mm
    Imperial: 10 x 8 1/2 in.
    Collection
    Private Collection, England
    Accession Number
    RF63
    Wilson Online Reference
    D67
    Description
    A church or temple is built on a projecting rock. At the base of the rock to the left are two small figures, one carrying a load. To the right is an extensive landscape with a town in the distance.
    Exhibited
    London 1925 (77B); Exeter 1946 (47); Gainsborough House 2014 (unnumbered)
    Provenance
    William Lock of Norbury; his sale, Sotheby's, London 3-7 May 1821; Marianne Ford; thence by descent
    Signature/inscription
    Signed in black chalk lower left: R.W.f.
    Subject
    Probably an imaginary scene
    Critical commentary
    The tiny figures are used to emphasise the massive size of the natural features
    Bibliography
    Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 69, RF63
    Updated by Compiler
    2018-11-15 00:00:00

    Exhibitions

    • Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 7 March - 5 April 1946
    • Sudbury, Gainsborough's House, 11 January - 31 May 2014

    Biographies

    • William Lock 'of Norbury' (1732-1810)
    • Richard Ford (1796-1858)
    • Sir Brinsley Ford (1908-1999)
    • Marianne Booth, Lady Ford (1767-1849)
    • Sir Francis Clare Ford (1828-1899)
    • John G. Ford (-1917)

    Documents

    • Brinsley Ford and other authors, The Ford Collection
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