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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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Artist

Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)

Title

Riverside Scene with Figures, Hexagonal Building Left and Horse-drawn Wagon crossing Bridge at Right

Date

c.1750-51 (undated)

Medium

Graphite and black chalk with black ink on medium, moderately textured, blued-white laid paper

Dimensions

Metric: 237 x 356 mm
Imperial: 9 5/16 x 14 in.

Collection

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven. To license images click here

Accession Number

B1977.14.6063

Wilson Online Reference

D16

Provenance

Giopes sale 10 April 1794 [...] Captain R. Ford; sold Christie's 17 June 1929 (3) bt Lowinsky (14 guineas); T.E. Lowinsky [Lugt 2420a]; Justin Lowinsky; bt Paul Mellon, February 1963; acquired by Yale Center for British Art, 1977

Signature/inscription

Unsigned; no inscription

Collectors' marks

Recto lower left corner: Capital T on part of oval

Verso inscriptions

[1] Top, pencil: 4=0 1-6
[2] Pencil: L78 68
[3] Old pencil: No 2

Critical commentary

Very beautifully and sensitively drawn. There are signs of pencil lines all round the image, suggesting that it may have been intended as a presentation drawing.

Previous Cat/Ref Nos

Object ID: 15149

Condition/Conservation

Vertical fold down the centre

Riverside Scene with Figures…

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