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    Study for Wilton House: Temple Copse and Stables

    Study for Wilton House: Temple Copse and Stables
    Study for Wilton House: Temple Copse and Stables
    Study for Wilton House: Temple Copse and Stables
    The Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Gurley Memorial
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Study for Wilton House: Temple Copse and Stables
    Date
    c.1758-60 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk on grey laid paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 230 x 384 mm
    Imperial: 9 1/16 x 15 1/8 in.
    Collection
    The Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Gurley Memorial Collection. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    1922.1673R
    Wilson Online Reference
    D350/1
    Description
    At the top of the distant hill centre left is Sir William Chambers's classical temple. At the foot of the copse to the right are the old stables, designed by Inigo Jones. In the foreground are figures in a boat, with an unidentified building at the extreme left.
    Provenance
    Dr Christopher Ridley, Croydon; Sotheby's Croydon, 2 April 1912; Gift of William F.E. Gurley, 7 April 1922
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned
    Inscribed in pencil in a later hand, upper left corner: G56 / 6072
    Collectors' marks
    [1] Lower right corner: Leonora Gurley
    Verso inscriptions
    [1] Sale stamp, lower right: COLLECTION OF DR CHRISTOPHER RIDLEY | CROYDON, ENGLAND SOTHEBY'S | SALE, APRIL 2, 1912
    Related Drawings
    Verso: D350/2 Study for Wilton House looking East (Sketch of a Landscape)
    Related Paintings
    P79 Wilton House: Temple Copse and Stables, Collection of the Earl of Pembroke, Wilton House
    Critical commentary
    Evidently an aide-memoire, taken hastily on the spot and eventually worked up into P79. Wilson's main concern is with accurately capturing the orthogonals, shapes and space. A similar drawing on the reverse of the present sheet is D350/2 View of Wilton House and Gardens looking East.
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    407
    Bibliography
    Solkin 1978, p. 407, pl. 23b
    Condition/Conservation
    Good condition overall. Slight cockling and pressure wrinkles, no doubt arising from the process of laying down.

    Work of Art

    Drawings

      Verso:
    • Study for Wilton House looking East (Sketch of a Landscape)

    Paintings

    • Richard Wilson and Studio, Wilton House: Temple Copse and Stables, Collection of the Earl of Pembroke, Wilton House, Wiltshire

    Documents

    • David Solkin, 'Some New Light on the Drawings of Richard Wilson'
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