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    Two Peasants under a Tree

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    Two Peasants under a Tree
    Two Peasants under a Tree
    Two Peasants under a Tree
    Tate, London 2014
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Two Peasants under a Tree
    Date
    c.1751 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk and stump with white highlights on cream prepared laid paper, inlaid onto thin cream card
    Dimensions
    Metric: 273 x 204 mm
    Imperial: 10 11/16 x 8 1/16 in.
    Collection
    Tate, London. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    T09731
    Wilson Online Reference
    D37
    Provenance
    Purchased as part of Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, 1996
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Verso inscriptions
    [1] Lower centre in old pencil: Wilson [/] Mr Lock's Sale May 1821
    Subject
    The figures are not peasants but pilgrims, as indicated by their staffs and the gourd at the waist of the foremost one.
    Critical commentary
    Perhaps a quick sketch made while on his travels with William Lock.
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    192
    Condition/Conservation
    Some brown discolouration verso

    Biographies

    • William Lock 'of Norbury' (1732-1810)
    • Adolf Paul Oppé (1878-1957)
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