Landscape with Figures

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The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London

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Artist

Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)

Title

Landscape with Figures

Date

c.1752-54 (undated)

Medium

Black chalk with stump and white highlights in round format on square grey paper laid down on old lined fawn card

Dimensions

Metric: 90 x 89 mm
Imperial: 3 9/16 x 3 1/2 in.

Collection

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.881

Wilson Online Reference

D196

Exhibited

Manchester 1925 (7)

Provenance

Nathaniel Hone (1718-1784); W.E. Lambert; William Esdaile; J.P. Heseltine; Sir Robert Clermont Witt; Witt Bequest, 1952

Signature/inscription

Unsigned; no inscription

Collectors' marks

[1] Recto lower right: Nathaniel Hone (Lugt 2793)
[2] Recto lower right: William Esdaile (Lugt 2617)
[3] Verso lower right: Sir Robert Witt

Verso inscriptions

[1] Black ink at base: 1817 WE [monogram] Lamberts coll. P N210 - - Wilson
[2] Graphite in centre: 1 [or 9]
[3] Graphite lower right edge: #13

Mount inscriptions

Secondary support card inscribed in black ink lower left: 210

Condition/Conservation

Some discolouration, marked staining on verso at lower right corner and along upper edge.

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