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    View of a Bay with Fishermen in the Foreground

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    View of a Bay with Fishermen in the Foreground
    View of a Bay with Fishermen in the Foreground
    View of a Bay with Fishermen in the Foreground
    Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    View of a Bay with Fishermen in the Foreground
    Date
    c.1754 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk heightened with white on grey paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 90 x 152 mm
    Imperial: 3 1/2 x 6 in.
    Collection
    Private Collection, England
    Accession Number
    RF95
    Wilson Online Reference
    D288
    Description
    In the foreground at the left four men can be seen hauling nets. Across a small bay or river is a prominent building and a three-arched bridge is visible on the right, behind which in the distance is a hill with a tower at its summit.
    Exhibited
    Exeter 1946 (29 - A Bay); Birmingham 1948-49 (99d)
    Provenance
    William Lock of Norbury; his sale, Sotheby's, London 3-7 May 1821; Ford family; thence by descent
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Bibliography
    Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 72, RF95

    Exhibitions

    • Birmingham City Art Gallery, 17 November 1948 - 9 January 1949
    • Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 7 March - 5 April 1946

    Biographies

    • William Lock 'of Norbury' (1732-1810)

    Documents

    • Brinsley Ford and other authors, The Ford Collection
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