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    An Underground Shrine with two Figures kneeling before a Pieta (Study…
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    An Underground Shrine with two Figures kneeling before a Pieta (Study of Lamp and Relief)
    Date
    c.1752-54 (undated)
    Medium
    Graphite with white gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured blued-white laid paper mounted on card
    Dimensions
    Metric: 165 x 141 mm
    Imperial: 6 1/2 x 5 9/16 in.
    Collection
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven. To license images click here
    Accession Number
    B1977.14.4227
    Wilson Online Reference
    D93A
    Description
    By the light of a large centrally suspended lantern two figures kneel in adoration of a large image of the Entombment of Christ
    Exhibited
    Alister Mathews, Bournemouth, cat. 66 (355)
    Provenance
    Sir Bruce Ingram; Alister Mathews, Bournemouth, 1972; Martyn Gregory; bt Paul Mellon February 1972; acquired 1977
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    Object ID: 14043
    Bibliography
    Ford 1951, p.58, pl. 48; Alister Mathews, Bournemouth, 1972, cat. 66 (355)
    Condition/Conservation
    Image size :115 x 89 mm (4 9/16 x 3 1/2 in.)

    Biographies

    • Paul Mellon (1907-1999)
    • Sir Bruce Ingram (1877-1963)

    Documents

    • Brinsley Ford, The Drawings of Richard Wilson
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