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    Study of Foliage

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    Study of Foliage
    Study of Foliage
    Study of Foliage
    National Galleries of Scotland / Photography by Antonia Reeve
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Study of Foliage
    Date
    c.1751-52 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk on light green paper, laid down
    Dimensions
    Metric: 202 x 261 mm
    Imperial: 7 15/16 x 10 1/4 in.
    Collection
    National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh. To license images click here.
    Accession Number
    D 4660
    Wilson Online Reference
    D72
    Provenance
    Paul Sandby; Dr John Percy, F.R.S. (1817-1889), Gloucester Crescent, Bayswater, London; his sale, Christie's 15-17 & 22-23 April 1890 (1397 - Dock Leaves &c, bt Parsons, 5s.0d.); C.H. Westonthorpe, Gloucester Gardens, London; Sotheby's, 29 July 1901 (50); Sir Edward Marsh; presented through the National Art Collections Fund, 1953
    Signature/inscription
    Inscribed verso
    Collectors' marks
    [1] Dr John Percy, stamp lower left (Lugt 1504)
    [2] Dr John Percy stamp verso of mount (Lugt 1504)
    Mount inscriptions
    [1] Verso in a C19 hand, lower right in ink: Sketch by R. Wilson Purchd. at Paul Sandby's Sale | Nov. 1827
    [2] Verso upper centre, in a later hand: Bought at Sotheby's, 29 July 1901, | at a Miscellaneous sale of Prints & |Drawings, Lot 50. Coll: of C.H. Westonthorpe, of Gloucester Gardens, Hyde Park
    Related Drawings
    D265 Study of Foliage, National Galleries of Scotland (D 4661)
    D266 Study of a Plant, Private Collection, England
    D267 Study of a Plant, Private Collection , England
    Related Paintings
    P127 The Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianae with Dolbadarn Castle (Diana and Callisto)
    Critical commentary
    A smaller sketch of similar foliage by Wilson D266 Study of a Plant, Private Collection, England, is inscribed verso: done at the Villa Madama, i.e. when the artist was in Rome (1751-57). Drawings from the life were useful as models for foliage in such major paintings as P127.
    Bibliography
    Baker 2011, p. 413
    Updated by Compiler
    2022-10-20 00:00:00

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Study of Foliage, National Galleries of Scotland
    • Study of a Plant, Private Collection, England
    • Study of a Plant, Private Collection , England

    Paintings

    • Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianae with Dolbadarn Castle (Diana and Callisto)

    Biographies

    • Paul Sandby (c.1730-1809)
    • Sir Edward Howard Marsh (1872-1953)
    • Dr John Percy (1817-1889)

    Documents

    • Christopher Baker, English Drawings and Watercolours 1600-1900, National Gallery of Scotland
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