A Tower by an Estuary

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Artist

Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)

Title

A Tower by an Estuary

Date

c.1751-52 (undated)

Medium

Pen, ink and stump on white paper

Dimensions

Metric: 162 x 253 mm
Imperial: 6 3/8 x 10 in.

Collection

Location Unknown

Wilson Online Reference

D80

Description

A view across a bay towards mountains; in the left foreground stands a round tower with a group of figures nearby

Exhibited

London 1925 (101 -Tower by Sea - lent by Col. M.H. Grant); Manchester 1925 (49); Birmingham 1948-49 (98); London 1949 (97)

Provenance

Joseph Farington; [...] ; Col. M.H. Grant; Mrs F.L. Evans; present location unknown

Signature/inscription

Unsigned; no inscription

Labels

According to Ford, a label on the back of the frame gives the first owner as Farington

Bibliography

Ford 1951, p. 58, no. 46; WGC p. 238 under pl. 146b

Updated by Compiler

2018-10-10 00:00:00

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