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    A House at Chioggia

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    A House at Chioggia
    A House at Chioggia
    A House at Chioggia
    Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    A House at Chioggia
    Date
    c.1751 (undated)
    Medium
    Red chalk
    Dimensions
    Metric: 196 x 216 mm
    Imperial: 7 11/16 x 8 1/2 in.
    Collection
    Private Collection, England
    Accession Number
    RF59
    Wilson Online Reference
    D23
    Exhibited
    Exeter 1946 (53 - Chiosa)
    Provenance
    William Lock of Norbury; his sale, Sotheby's, London 3-7 May 1821; Marianne Ford; thence by descent
    Signature/inscription
    Inscribed upper left in Wilson's hand: Chiosa
    Subject
    The town of Chioggia is situated on a small island at the southern entrance to the Lagoon of Venice about 25 kilometres (16 miles) south of Venice. Wilson visited it on his journey from Venice to Rome in 1751.
    Critical commentary
    This drawing represents the same subject as D23A A House at Chioggia, Private Collection, England. The present work however is less detailed.
    Bibliography
    Walpole Society 1998-1, p. 69, RF59

    Work of Art

    Versions

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) A House at Chioggia, Private Collection, England

    Exhibitions

    • Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 7 March - 5 April 1946

    Biographies

    • William Lock 'of Norbury' (1732-1810)
    • Richard Ford (1796-1858)
    • Sir Brinsley Ford (1908-1999)
    • Marianne Booth, Lady Ford (1767-1849)
    • Sir Richard Ford (1758-1806)
    • Captain Richard Ford (1860-1940)
    • John G. Ford (-1917)

    Documents

    • Brinsley Ford and other authors, The Ford Collection
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