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    Italian Sketchbook - Drawings pp. 19(v) and 20(r)

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    Italian Sketchbook - Drawings pp. 19(v) and 20(r)
    Italian Sketchbook - Drawings pp. 19(v) and 20(r)
    Italian Sketchbook - Drawings pp. 19(v) and 20(r)
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Italian Sketchbook - Drawings pp. 19(v) and 20(r)
    Date
    1754
    Medium
    Graphite with black chalk on medium, rough, blued white wove paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 281 x 210 mm (each sheet)
    Imperial: 11 1/16 x 8 1/4 in. (each sheet)
    Collection
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven. To license images click here
    Accession Number
    B1977.14.359 v19 & r20
    Wilson Online Reference
    D280/19
    Description
    19(v): A group of poplars is seen behind a wall and closed gate
    20(r): A quick study of a funeral altar
    Provenance
    Oldfield Bowles; given to Sir George Beaumont, 1784; thence by descent until 1963, when sold to Paul Mellon
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; 20(r) inscribed on the right side: D[is].M[anibus]. [/] [illegible marks]
    Critical commentary
    The location of the poplars is too general for identification, as is that of the funeral altar, which is decorated with a ewer (urceus), perhaps symbolising the outpouring of a libation or of life itself and inscribed 'To the blessed Souls of the Dead ...'
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    Object ID: 6363
    Bibliography
    Sutton & Clements 1968, vol. 1, pp. 18-19; vol. 2, p. 38
    More Information
    Only two sketchbooks by Wilson have survived - the present one (D280-D280/33) and D53-D53/81 Studies and Designs by R. Wilson done in Rome in the Year MDCCLII, Victoria & Albert Museum, London (E.3586-1922).
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    2016-06-14 00:00:00

    Biographies

    • Paul Mellon (1907-1999)
    • Oldfield Bowles (1739-1810)
    • Sir George Beaumont (1753-1827)

    Documents

    • Denys Sutton & Ann Clements, An Italian Sketchbook by Richard Wilson, RA: Drawings made by the Artist in Rome and its Environs in the Year 1754
    This drawing is part of the "Italian Sketchbook Drawings Yale Center for British Art 1754" sketchbook
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