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    A Horseman

    A Horseman
    A Horseman
    A Horseman
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    A Horseman
    Date
    c.1751 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk on white laid paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 211 x 183 mm
    Imperial: 8 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.
    Collection
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    NMW A 5759
    Wilson Online Reference
    D30
    Provenance
    William Lock of Norbury; his sale, Sotheby's London 3-7 May 1821; Vulliamy; purchased from Russell Ward, Esq., 37 Church Street Hereford, 26 September 1958
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; inscribed lower centre in pencil: Wilson | Mr Lock's Sale 1821
    Verso inscriptions
    [1] On secondary support, pencil, upper centre: Ward
    Critical commentary
    Probably a quick sketch made from the carriage window on the way from Venice to Rome. On the reverse is a black line drawing of a church.
    Condition/Conservation
    Mounted with hinges onto a brown card

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