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    Study of Plants: Three Burdock Leaves

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    Study of Plants: Three Burdock Leaves
    Study of Plants: Three Burdock Leaves
    Study of Plants: Three Burdock Leaves
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Study of Plants: Three Burdock Leaves
    Date
    c.1752 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk on white paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 132 x 187 mm
    Imperial: 5 1/8 x 7 3/8 in.
    Collection
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    NMW A 5745
    Wilson Online Reference
    D113
    Description
    Three large leaves of a burdock plant
    Provenance
    Purchased from F.R. Meatyard, 24 September 1919
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; inscribed on secondary support (see 'Mount inscriptions' below)
    Techniques and materials
    Naturalistic style, very thin and precise
    Mount inscriptions
    [1] Inscribed on secondary support lower left in pencil: No 651
    [2] Said to be inscribed on secondary support lower right: 2
    [Unseen by compiler]
    Subject
    Burdock (Arctium genus) plants of different species are native to both Britain and Italy.
    Related Drawings
    D264 Study for a Foreground - A Burdock, The British Museum
    Critical commentary
    This is one of a number of studies made by Wilson for details of plants in the foregrounds of his landscapes (cf D264). The date therefore is likely to fall within his years in Italy.
    Updated by Compiler
    2016-06-10 00:00:00

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    • Study for a Foreground - A Burdock, The British Museum

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    • Frederick Meatyard (died c.1964)
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