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    The Angler

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    The Angler
    The Angler
    The Angler
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    The Angler
    Date
    c.1752-56 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk, on pink-brown paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 144 x 208 mm
    Imperial: 5 11/16 x 8 3/16 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1881,0212.45
    Wilson Online Reference
    D147
    Description
    In the foreground a fisherman is seated on a fallen trunk on the edge of a lake near a tree in leaf. In the distance two boats may be seen and on the further shore of the lake stands a ruined tower with a mountain behind.
    Exhibited
    London 1949 (114b)
    Provenance
    Given by John Deffett Francis, February 1881
    Bibliography
    Binyon 52(b)

    Exhibitions

    • London, Tate Gallery, 22 January - 14 March 1949

    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
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