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    Figures at a Shrine

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    Figures at a Shrine
    Figures at a Shrine
    Tate, London 2014
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Figures at a Shrine
    Date
    c.1752-56 (undated)
    Medium
    Graphite and chalk on paper laid down on card
    Dimensions
    Metric: 181 x 221 mm
    Imperial: 7 1/8 x 8 11/16 in.
    Collection
    Tate, London. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    T09298
    Wilson Online Reference
    D92
    Description
    Two figures, perhaps pilgrims, are seen kneeling in front of a wayside shrine before an Italianate hill town
    Provenance
    Joseph Farington [...] Adolf Paul Oppé (1878-1957); purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; five inscriptions verso
    Verso inscriptions
    Verso of card:
    [1] Upper left, old, pen: Sketch of Richard Wilson RA
    [2] Centre, old, pen: Wilson [Farington?]
    [3] Lower centre, old, pen: JoF [?]
    [4] Lower right, pencil: From Joseph Farington's collection
    [5] Lower left, pencil: 18
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    2503
    Condition/Conservation
    The paper is buff but the drawing very red

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