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    A Clown

    A Clown
    A Clown
    A Clown
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    A Clown
    Date
    c.1751 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk on white laid paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 230 x 144 mm
    Imperial: 9 x 5 1/2 in.
    Collection
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    NMW A 5758
    Wilson Online Reference
    D25
    Provenance
    William Lock of Norbury; his sale, Sotheby's, London 3-7 May 1821 (387?); Vulliamy, Glasbury-on-Wye; purchased from Russell Ward & Sons, 37 Church Street, Hereford, 26 June 1958
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; inscribed on old secondary support, see 'Mount Inscriptions'
    Verso inscriptions
    [1] Lower centre in pencil: R. Wilson | Mr Lock's Sale May 1821
    Mount inscriptions
    Inscribed on old secondary support: 'Wilson from Mr Lock's Col'
    Subject
    Probably drawn at the Venice Carnival of 1751
    Critical commentary
    Although the style seems surprising, doubtful and modern, the Lock provenance supports the authenticity and date of the drawing.
    Condition/Conservation
    An old secondary support has been removed

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    • William Lock 'of Norbury' (1732-1810)
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