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    Arcade and Tank

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    Arcade and Tank
    Arcade and Tank
    Arcade and Tank
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Arcade and Tank
    Date
    c.1752-56 (undated)
    Medium
    Black and white chalk, on grey-green paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 258 x 201 mm
    Imperial: 10 1/4 x 8 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1881,0212.30
    Wilson Online Reference
    D137
    Description
    View looking down an arcade in an ancient building hung with creepers. On the left is a man standing under one arch and another figure appears beyond under a further arch. In the foreground, a man leans over the low wall of a large tank. Trees are visible behind.
    Provenance
    Given by John Deffett Francis, 1881
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    834/71 (19)
    Bibliography
    Binyon 23; Ford 1951, p. 56, pl. 35

    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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