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    Composition: Lake and Trees, with Ships

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    Composition: Lake and Trees, with Ships
    Composition: Lake and Trees, with Ships
    Composition: Lake and Trees, with Ships
    Tate, London 2014
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Composition: Lake and Trees, with Ships
    Date
    c.1754 (undated)
    Medium
    Pen and ink on buff paper laid down on card with washline borders
    Dimensions
    Metric: 134 x 176 mm
    Imperial: 5 1/4 x 6 7/8 in.
    Collection
    Tate, London. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    T09297
    Wilson Online Reference
    D262
    Description
    Before a calm sea and cloudy sky two boats are sailing from an island with trees on the left past a shore with trees and cliffs on the right. The nearer one is a sailing boat, almost becalmed, and the more distant a ferry with passengers and a cow.
    Provenance
    Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996
    Signature/inscription
    Signed in graphite, lower left corner: R.W.f.
    Verso inscriptions
    [1] Old mount, lower centre, pen: SW 988
    Mount inscriptions
    [1] Lower left corner in faint pencil: £1-1-0 [?]
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    2502
    Condition/Conservation
    Some disfiguring foxing overall

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