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    Ruin and Figures

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    Ruin and Figures
    Ruin and Figures
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Ruin and Figures
    Date
    c.1765 (undated)
    Medium
    Black and white chalk, on buff paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 163 x 213 mm
    Imperial: 6 7/16 x 8 3/8 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1881,0212.26
    Wilson Online Reference
    D361
    Description
    A ruined tower and other buildings overgrown with trees to the right. There are two monks, one standing and one seated under a broken arch to the left of the ruin.
    Provenance
    Given by John Deffett Francis, 1881
    Subject
    The location may have been Burton Ferry, Glamorganshire
    Related Prints
    E60/16 John Whessell after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower with three Figures gathered in front, The British Museum and other impressions
    E72/16 Thomas Hastings after Wilson, Untitled, The British Museum and other impressions
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    Related Paintings
    P168 Ruined Tower with a Figure, Bristol City Museum and Gallery
    P168A Two Figures by a Ruin (Ruined Tower with a Figure), Felbrigg Hall, National Trust
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    851/6(24)
    Bibliography
    Binyon 26; Ford 1951, p. 57, no. 42; WGC, p. 221, under pl. 112c
    Condition/Conservation
    Some brown staining, especially upper left centre

    Work of Art

    Prints

    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806) after Wilson Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower with three Figures gathered in front, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806) after Wilson Architectural Ruins, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • Thomas Hastings after Wilson, Untitled, The British Museum

    Versions

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Landscape: Road winding past Ruins of a Castle, Victoria & Albert Museum, London

    Paintings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Ruined Tower with a Figure, Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Two Figures by a Ruin, Felbrigg Hall, National Trust

    Biographies

    • John Deffett Francis (1815-1901)

    Documents

    • William George Constable, 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
    • Brinsley Ford, The Drawings of Richard Wilson
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