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    Stone Archways

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    Stone Archways
    Stone Archways
    Stone Archways
    Birmingham Museums Trust
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Stone Archways
    Date
    c.1752-56 (undated)
    Medium
    Brown ink, black chalk and stump on beige laid paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 160 x 232 mm
    Imperial: 6 1/4 x 9 1/8 in.
    Collection
    Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery. To license images click here.
    Accession Number
    1953P442
    Wilson Online Reference
    D97
    Description
    Before two massive stone archways leading into a large ancient building reminiscent of the colosseum, ancient stonework is scattered. In the left foreground a woman, perhaps a shepherdess, sitting with two small children is seen in profile, while in the centre further back stand two or three other figures, apparently in classical costume. In the distance on the left a domed ruin is discernible.
    Exhibited
    RA 1949; English Eye II, 1958, (39); Worthing 1960 (1)
    Provenance
    Joseph Farington; Victor Rienaecker; J. Deffett Francis; given to Daisy (1870-1901), daughter of Lionel Brough, February 1881; [...] J. Leslie Wright; acquired by Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery 1953
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; inscribed verso
    Verso inscriptions
    1. Presented to my daughter Daisy by J. Deffett Francis, Esq., Feby 1881 [/] Drawing by Richard Wilson R.A. and countersigned by [/] Joseph Farringdon R.A. (J F) [/] Lionel Brough
    2. Wilson
    3. JF [monogram of Joseph Farington]
    Mount inscriptions
    Old mount with sight lines and verso inscriptions
    More Information
    A letter dated Feb 1881 in the Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery curatorial archives records the gift by J. Deffett Francis of the drawing to 'Darling Daisy', the daughter of Lionel Brough. Brough (1836-1909) was a leading comic actor in London during the 1870s and 1880s. His younger daughter 'Daisy' (originally Margaret) died of peritonitis in 1901, aged 31.
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    Exhibitions

    • Worthing Art Gallery, 21 May - 18 June 1960

    Biographies

    • John Deffett Francis (1815-1901)
    • Joseph Farington (1747-1821)
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