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    Italian Landscape: A Man seated under a Tree

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    Italian Landscape: A Man seated under a Tree
    Italian Landscape: A Man seated under a Tree
    Italian Landscape: A Man seated under a Tree
    Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Italian Landscape: A Man seated under a Tree
    Date
    c.1752-56 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk and stump, heightened with white, on brownish paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 248 x 394 mm
    Imperial: 9 3/4 x 15 1/2 in.
    Collection
    Private Collection, England
    Accession Number
    BB50
    Wilson Online Reference
    D210
    Description
    Between trees runs a stretch of water with buildings on the right and a village on the far bank. On the left a man sits under a tree.
    Exhibited
    Brighton 1920; London 1934 (1136 - Italian Landscape); Exeter 1946 (8 - Landscape, probably in the Campagna); London 1968 (661); London 1969 (168)
    Provenance
    Benjamin Booth; his son, the Revd R.S. Booth; his sisters, Elizabeth Booth and Marianne Booth, later Lady Ford; thence by descent
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Verso inscriptions
    [1] Inscription in pencil by Benjamin Booth: Richard Wilson mounted for me by A. Robertson [?] 88. B.B.
    Bibliography
    Commemorative Catalogue 1934 (582); Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 21, BB50

    Exhibitions

    • Brighton, Fine Art Galleries, 28 February - 2 May 1920
    • London, Royal Academy, 6 January - 17 March 1934
    • London, Royal Academy, 14 December 1968 - 2 March 1969
    • Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 7 March - 5 April 1946
    • London, Hayward Gallery, 7 November - 14 December 1969

    Biographies

    • Benjamin Booth (1732-1807)
    • The Revd Richard Salwey Booth (1762-1807)
    • Marianne Booth, Lady Ford (1767-1849)

    Documents

    • Brinsley Ford and other authors, The Ford Collection
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