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    Mountains at Ancona

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    Mountains at Ancona
    Mountains at Ancona
    Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Mountains at Ancona
    Date
    1751 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk on warm toned beige paper stuck down on old fawn card
    Dimensions
    Metric: 143 x 224 mm
    Imperial: 5 5/8 x 8 13/16 in.
    Collection
    Victoria & Albert Museum, London. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    DYCE.653
    Wilson Online Reference
    D56
    Description
    The view shows mountains at Ancona from near Pesaro
    Provenance
    Bequeathed by Revd Alexander Dyce
    Signature/inscription
    [1] Inscribed in graphite by Wilson upper centre: 'the line of Mountains at Ancona taken near the | Mountain Pesaro'
    [2] Inscribed in black ink lower right: 653
    Verso inscriptions
    Lower centre on old card mount: 294 Wilson
    Critical commentary
    A careful record of mountain scenery made near Pesaro on the way from Venice to Rome in the company of William Lock of Norbury.
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    294
    Bibliography
    DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce, London : South Kensington Museum, 1874, p. 97
    Condition/Conservation
    The image is lightly drawn.

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    • The Revd Alexander Dyce (1798-1869)
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