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    A Sketch from Nature in Italy

    A Sketch from Nature in Italy
    A Sketch from Nature in Italy
    A Sketch from Nature in Italy
    City & County of Swansea: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery Collection
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    A Sketch from Nature in Italy
    Date
    Dated verso 1752
    Medium
    Graphite black chalk and brown-grey wash on faded thick blue paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 242 x 364 mm
    Imperial: 9 1/2 x 14 5/16 in.
    Collection
    Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    GV DF 2067
    Wilson Online Reference
    D169
    Exhibited
    Swansea 1999
    Provenance
    Presented by John Deffett Francis, between 1876 and 1901
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Collectors' marks
    [1] Lower right corner inverted: John Deffett Francis (Lugt )
    [2] Lower right : 400 inscribed within a capital stylised C [?]
    Verso inscriptions
    [1] Lower right corner graphite in Wilson's hand: Monday Mar 6 '52
    Subject
    The view may be of Tivoli from an unaccustomed angle. There has been a temporary repair to the stone bridge in the foreground.
    Critical commentary
    Drawn at least in part from nature, but perhaps reinforced with wash later. The inscription verso seems to give the month as May at first reading but 6 May 1752 was a Saturday. 'Mar' is another possible reading and the 6 March that year was a Monday.
    Bibliography
    Guide to the Collections of the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1970, p. 16; Themes and Variations 1999, p. 26 repr.
    Condition/Conservation
    The original colour of the paper is visible on the reverse of the sheet. There are some old brown wash stains on the reverse at the lower left.

    Exhibitions

    • Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, 18 September - 14 November 1999

    Biographies

    • John Deffett Francis (1815-1901)

    Documents

    • Robin Simon & others, Richard Wilson Themes and Variations
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