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    Composition: Classical Buidings and an Obelisk

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    Composition: Classical Buidings and an Obelisk
    Composition: Classical Buidings and an Obelisk
    Composition: Classical Buidings and an Obelisk
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Composition: Classical Buidings and an Obelisk
    Date
    c.1751-52 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk heightened with white on grey paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 165 x 165 mm
    Imperial: 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.
    Collection
    Location Unknown
    Wilson Online Reference
    D79
    Description
    In the foreground are two seated figures, one with a fishing rod. Across a river spanned by a bridge, of which two arches are visible, are seen two classical buildings, one domed, one with a pediment. To the right of them is an obelisk, and behind them a tower and an amphitheatre.
    Exhibited
    Exeter 1946 (2 - View of a Town); Birmingham 1948-49 (96); London 1949 (95); Arts Council 1951 (212)
    Provenance
    William Lock of Norbury; his sale, Sotheby's, London 3-7 May 1821; Marianne [?] Ford; thence by descent to Mrs Richard Ford; Sotheby's 14 March 1947 (88); Villiers David
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Critical commentary
    As noted by Ford, the drawing was probably intended as a capriccio rather than an actual view.
    Bibliography
    Ford 1951, pp. 31, 56, pl. 36; Festival 1951, pp. 67-68

    Exhibitions

    • Birmingham City Art Gallery, 17 November 1948 - 9 January 1949
    • London, Tate Gallery, 22 January - 14 March 1949
    • Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 7 March - 5 April 1946
    • London, Festival of Britain, 1951

    Biographies

    • Villiers David (1906-1985)

    Documents

    • Brinsley Ford, The Drawings of Richard Wilson
    • Brinsley Ford, Three Centuries of British Water-Colours and Drawings
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