Italan Scene with Tower (Italian Scene with Castle)

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Artist

Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)

Title

Italan Scene with Tower (Italian Scene with Castle)

Date

c.1752-56 (undated)

Medium

Black chalk and stump heightened with white over graphite on grey paper laid down on pink wove paper

Dimensions

Metric: Object size: 244 x 203 mm; drawing: 168 x 127 mm
Imperial: Object size: 9 5/8 x 8 in.; drawing: 6 5/8 x 5 in.

Collection

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California. To license image, click here.

Accession Number

59.55.1464

Wilson Online Reference

D190

Provenance

Nathaniel Hone (1718-1784); [...] Gilbert Davis; P.& D. Colnaghi & Co., London; purchased by The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 25 January 1959

Signature/inscription

Unsigned; no inscription

Collectors' marks

[1] Lower centre: Nathaniel Hone (Lugt 2793)
[2] Lower right on secondary support: Gilbert Davis
[3] Lower right corner on secondary support, pencil in an old hand: [illegible words]

Verso inscriptions

[1] Secondary support, lower right corner, pencil in an old hand: 8 / 1.1.0
[2] Secondary support, lower right corner, pencil in an old hand:[illegible]

Critical commentary

On the evidence of the black integral lining the composition may perhaps have been worked up into a presentation drawing

Condition/Conservation

Secondary support has torn corner upper right. The image is framed with a pencil or black chalk lining. Some brown staining overall.

Italan Scene with Tower (Italian Scene with Castle)

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