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    The Prow of a Roman Galley

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    The Prow of a Roman Galley
    The Prow of a Roman Galley
    The Prow of a Roman Galley
    Image courtesy of the Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    The Prow of a Roman Galley
    Date
    c.1752 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk on laid paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 95 x 148 mm
    Imperial: 3 3/4 x 5 13/16 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1881,0212.44
    Wilson Online Reference
    D146/2
    Provenance
    Given by John Deffett Francis, February 1881
    Signature/inscription
    Inscribed lower right, black chalk: R W.G.B.
    Collectors' marks
    [1] Lower right, printed collection stamp in oval frame: 'DEFFETT FRANCIS COLLECTION | BM [below] crown' (Lugt 945)
    [2] Lower right, printed inventory stamp in oval frame: 'British Museum 1881 | 2 12 | 44'
    Related Drawings
    D146/1 Father Tiber, The British Museum
    Related Paintings
    P55 The Summons of Cincinnatus, Private Collection, England
    Critical commentary
    This drawing is the reverse of D146/1 Father Tiber. The prow motif, used in P55 The Summons of Cincinnatus, Private Collection, England, was taken from an ancient relief now in the Capitoline Museum, Rome.
    Bibliography
    Ford May 1951, p. 165, fig. 23
    Updated by Compiler
    2018-03-13 00:00:00

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Father Tiber, The British Museum

    Paintings

    • The Summons of Cincinnatus, Private Collection, England

    Biographies

    • John Deffett Francis (1815-1901)

    Documents

    • Brinsley Ford, 'Richard Wilson in Rome: I - The Wicklow Wilsons'
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