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    Landscape Composition with an extensive View towards the Sea and…
    Landscape Composition with an extensive View towards the Sea and…
    Tate, London 2014
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    Ascribed to Wilson
    Title
    Landscape Composition with an extensive View towards the Sea and Figures in the Foreground
    Date
    c 1770 (undated)
    Medium
    Chalk and pencil on paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 441 x 531 mm
    Imperial: 17 5/16 x 20 15/16 in.
    Collection
    Tate, London. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    D36668
    Wilson Online Reference
    D375
    Provenance
    Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Critical commentary
    Probably by Wilson himself - though not exactly connected with any known painting by him. However, work by a pupil is possible, together with some intervention from Turner, who owned the drawing.
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    Finberg number: CCCLXXX 19
    More Information
    It is not known how Turner acquired this drawing but it is probably from the same source as his paintings by Wilson

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    • Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851)
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