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    Study of a Boulder

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    Study of a Boulder
    Study of a Boulder
    Study of a Boulder
    Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
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    Artist
    Ascribed to Wilson
    Title
    Study of a Boulder
    Date
    c.1765 (undated)
    Medium
    Black and white chalk on greyish-brown paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 236 x 302 mm
    Imperial: 9 1/4 x 11 7/8 in.
    Collection
    Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    WA1855.147
    Wilson Online Reference
    D365
    Provenance
    Chambers Hall Gift, 1855
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Collectors' marks
    [1] Lower left corner: Chambers Hall (Lugt 551)
    [2] Lower left corner: Oxford University Galleries (Lugt 2003)
    Related Drawings
    D364 Hermits by a Pool, Ashmolean Musuem, University of Oxford
    D366 Landscape; A Pool of Water at the Foot of a Mountain, Victoria & Albert Museum
    Critical commentary
    Constable suggested that D364, D365 and D366 might be connected with a missing painting exhibited by Wilson at the Royal Academy in 1775 (347), An Hermitage at Marino.
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    1905
    Bibliography
    WGC, p. 230, pl. 124a; Brown 1982, p. 668, no. 1905, pl. 553
    Condition/Conservation
    A curved horizontal repaired tear or fold is visible slightly more than halfway up the composition, running all across it.

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Hermits by a Pool, Ashmolean Musuem, University of Oxford
    • Landscape; A Pool of Water at the Foot of a Mountain, Victoria & Albert Museum

    Biographies

    • Chambers Hall (1786-1855)

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
    • David Blayney Brown, Catalogue of the Collection of Drawings in the Ashmolean Museum, Volume IV: The Earlier British Drawings, British Artists and Foreigners working in Britain born before c.1775
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