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A House at Chioggia
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A House at Chioggia
A House at Chioggia
Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
A House at Chioggia
Date
c.1751 (undated)
Medium
Red chalk
Dimensions
Metric: 196 x 216 mm
Imperial: 7 11/16 x 8 1/2 in.
Details
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Collection
Private Collection, England
Accession Number
RF59
Wilson Online Reference
D23
Exhibited
Exeter 1946 (53 -
Chiosa
)
Provenance
William Lock of Norbury
; his sale, Sotheby's, London 3-7 May 1821; Marianne Ford; thence by descent
Signature/inscription
Inscribed upper left in Wilson's hand: Chiosa
Subject
The town of Chioggia is situated on a small island at the southern entrance to the Lagoon of Venice about 25 kilometres (16 miles) south of Venice. Wilson visited it on his journey from Venice to Rome in 1751.
Critical commentary
This drawing represents the same subject as D23A
A House at Chioggia
, Private Collection, England. The present work however is less detailed.
Bibliography
Walpole Society 1998-1, p. 69, RF59
Work of Art
Versions
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
A House at Chioggia
, Private Collection, England
Exhibitions
Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 7 March - 5 April 1946
Biographies
William Lock 'of Norbury' (1732-1810)
Richard Ford (1796-1858)
Sir Brinsley Ford (1908-1999)
Marianne Booth, Lady Ford (1767-1849)
Sir Richard Ford (1758-1806)
Captain Richard Ford (1860-1940)
John G. Ford (-1917)
Documents
Brinsley Ford and other authors,
The Ford Collection