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    Lake and Figures

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    Lake and Figures
    Lake and Figures
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    Artist
    Ascribed to Wilson
    Title
    Lake and Figures
    Date
    c.1754-56 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk and stump, touched with white, on grey-green paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 195 x 248 mm
    Imperial: 7 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1881,0212.7
    Wilson Online Reference
    D254
    Description
    A man with a long stick, probably intended as a fisherman, moves in the foreground towards three figures seated on the bank of a lake or river near two pine trees. Beyond to the left two other figures are seen in a boat and on the further shore is a towered building on the top of a hill.
    Provenance
    Donated by John Deffett Francis, 1881
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned, no inscription
    Verso inscriptions
    Verso invisible - paper laid down
    Critical commentary
    The style of this composition makes it in the compiler's view less than certainly by Wilson and possibly by a pupil
    Bibliography
    Binyon 8
    Condition/Conservation
    Good condition overall

    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
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