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    A River Scene

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    A River Scene
    A River Scene
    A River Scene
    Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    A River Scene
    Date
    c.1753-54 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk, heightened with white on grey paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 89 x 165 mm
    Imperial: 3 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.
    Collection
    Private Collection, England
    Accession Number
    RF86
    Wilson Online Reference
    D237
    Description
    To the left two men are fishing from a boat, surrounded by a drag net. To the right is a high bank with a stack of logs, a fence and trees.
    Exhibited
    Exeter 1946 (26); Birmingham 1948-49 (99a)
    Provenance
    William Lock of Norbury; his sale, Sotheby's, London 3-7 May 1821; Marianne Ford; thence by descent
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Bibliography
    Ford 1951, p. 56, pl. 33; Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 72, RF86

    Exhibitions

    • Birmingham City Art Gallery, 17 November 1948 - 9 January 1949
    • Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 7 March - 5 April 1946

    Biographies

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

    Documents

    • Brinsley Ford, The Drawings of Richard Wilson
    • Brinsley Ford and other authors, The Ford Collection
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