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    Interior of a Cave

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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Interior of a Cave
    Date
    c.1752-56 (undated)
    Medium
    Black and white chalk, on buff paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 157 x 213 mm
    Imperial: 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1881,0212.27
    Wilson Online Reference
    D136
    Description
    In a cavernous grotto two figures stand conversing beneath a lantern suspended from the roof, while two other figures are visible in the distance, far left
    Provenance
    Given by John Deffett Francis, 1881
    Subject
    Probably executed in a grotto near Naples
    Bibliography
    Binyon 25; Ford 1951, p. 58, no. 49

    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
    • Brinsley Ford, The Drawings of Richard Wilson
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