Rocks and Ruins

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Rocks and Ruins

Private Collection, England / Photograph by Matthew Hollow

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Artist

Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)

Title

Rocks and Ruins

Date

c.1753-54 (undated)

Medium

Black chalk, heightened with white, on grey paper

Dimensions

Metric: 127 x 190 mm
Imperial: 5 x 7 1/2 in.

Collection

Private Collection, England

Accession Number

RF84

Wilson Online Reference

D238

Description

In the centre and left foreground is a rocky outcrop partly carved into arches and surmounted by poplars, other trees and a ruin. Two figures are digging in the foreground. To the right in the middle distance is a larger ruin.

Exhibited

Exeter 1946 (30); Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1953, Five Centuries of Drawings (232); Birmingham 1948-49 (99e); London 1949 (98e)

Provenance

William Lock of Norbury; his sale, Sotheby's, London 3-7 May 1821; Ford family; by descent

Signature/inscription

Unsigned; no inscription

Bibliography

Walpole Society 1998-1, p. 72, RF84

Condition/Conservation

Some foxing, especially visible in the void areas of sky

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2018-11-16 00:00:00

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