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    Study for The Wilderness in St James's Park (Stream and Willows)

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    Study for The Wilderness in St James's Park (Stream and Willows)
    Study for The Wilderness in St James's Park (Stream and Willows)
    Study for The Wilderness in St James's Park (Stream and Willows)
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Study for The Wilderness in St James's Park (Stream and Willows)
    Date
    c.1770 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk and stump, touched with white, on lilac-buff paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 211 x 350 mm
    Imperial: 8 1/4 x 13 3/4 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1881,0212.9
    Wilson Online Reference
    D373
    Description
    A stream winds into the right foreground, with pollarded willows and other trees on either bank and a cottage behind.
    Exhibited
    Bremen Kunsthalle, Retour à la Nature, November 1977 - January 1978 (214)
    Provenance
    Donated by John Deffett Francis, 1881
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Verso inscriptions
    Verso invisible - paper laid down
    Related Drawings
    D372 Woodland Scene , Tate, London
    Related Paintings
    P182 Wilderness in St James's Park Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    P182A View of the Wilderness in St James's Park, Private Collection, England
    Critical commentary
    David Solkin has commented that by blending chalk contours with extensive areas of stump and occasional touches of white, Wilson has succeeded in creating a broad flow of chiaroscuro that envelops all particular details. There is a strong imprint from the Netherlandish tradition notably the woodland interiors and chalk landscapes of Anthonie Waterloo (1609-90) and possibly Gainsborough in this late drawing.
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    410
    Bibliography
    Binyon 9; Solkin 1978, p. 410, pl. 26b
    Condition/Conservation
    Some creasing and badly rubbed

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Woodland Scene , Tate, London

    Paintings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Wilderness in St James's Park Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), View of the Wilderness in St James's Park, Private Collection, England

    Biographies

    • John Deffett Francis (1815-1901)

    Documents

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