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Italian Lake
Italian Lake
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Italian Lake
Date
c.1752-54 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk and stump on white paper
Dimensions
Metric: 122 x 135 mm
Imperial: 4 3/4 x 5 3/8 in.
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Collection
The British Museum.
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Accession Number
1881,0212.37
Wilson Online Reference
D140
Description
A clump of trees in the left foreground looking down on a lake, the shore of which rises beyond on the right in a wooded slope.
Provenance
Given by John Deffett Francis, February 1881
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
PRN: PDB5665
Bibliography
Binyon 35(b); Ford 1951, p. 56, pl. 32
Biographies
John Deffett Francis (1815-1901)
Documents
Laurence Binyon,
Catalogue of Drawings by British Artists and Artists of Foreign Origin working in Great Britain preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
Brinsley Ford,
The Drawings of Richard Wilson