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    An Ancient Altar

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    An Ancient Altar
    An Ancient Altar
    An Ancient Altar
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    An Ancient Altar
    Date
    c.1752-56 (undated)
    Medium
    Black and white chalk on grey laid paper, laid down with blank cartellino
    Dimensions
    Metric: 187 x 240 mm
    Imperial: 7 5/16 x 9 3/8 in.
    Collection
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    NMW A 5753
    Wilson Online Reference
    D117
    Provenance
    Purchased from F.R. Meatyard, 24 September 1919.
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; Inscribed on secondary support (see 'Mount Inscriptions')
    Mount inscriptions
    Inscribed on secondary support:
    [1] Lower centre, very faint pencil: R. WILSON
    [2] Lower right: 4 No 659
    [3] Upper left: 070
    Critical commentary
    Probably drawn in Rome
    Condition/Conservation
    Paper is foxed, especially to the right

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    • Frederick Meatyard (died c.1964)
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