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Italian Sketchbook - Drawings 31(v) and 32(r)
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Italian Sketchbook - Drawings 31(v) and 32(r)
Italian Sketchbook - Drawings 31(v) and 32(r)
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Italian Sketchbook - Drawings 31(v) and 32(r)
Date
1754
Medium
Black chalk heightened with white on medium, rough, blued white wove paper, bound in vellum
Dimensions
Metric: 281 x 210 mm (each sheet)
Imperial: 11 1/16 x 8 1/4 in. (each sheet)
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Collection
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven. To license images click here
Accession Number
B1977.14.359 v31 & r32
Wilson Online Reference
D280/31
Description
31(v): Blank
32(r): Study of a free-standing three-storey building with steps leading up to it
Provenance
Oldfield Bowles; given to Sir George Beaumont, 1784; thence by descent until 1963, when sold to Paul Mellon
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Related Works by Other Artists
Joseph Farington,
Sketchbook
, p. 7, Victoria & Albert Museum, London (P.72-1921)
Critical commentary
Clements noted that an exact copy of this drawing by Wilson's pupil, Joseph Farington, appears on page 7 of his 1763 sketchbook at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (P.72-1921)
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
Object ID: 6363
Bibliography
Sutton & Clements 1968, vol. 1, pp. 30-31; vol. 2, p. 50
More Information
Only two sketchbooks by Wilson have survived - the present one (D280-D280/33) and D53-D53/81
Studies and Designs by R. Wilson done in Rome in the Year MDCCLII
, Victoria & Albert Museum, London (E.3586-1922).
Updated by Compiler
2016-09-08 00:00:00
Biographies
Joseph Farington (1747-1821)
Paul Mellon (1907-1999)
Oldfield Bowles (1739-1810)
Sir George Beaumont (1753-1827)
Documents
Denys Sutton & Ann Clements,
An Italian Sketchbook by Richard Wilson, RA: Drawings made by the Artist in Rome and its Environs in the Year 1754
This drawing is part of the "Italian Sketchbook Drawings Yale Center for British Art 1754" sketchbook
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