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    Study for a Foreground - A Burdock

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    Study for a Foreground - A Burdock
    Study for a Foreground - A Burdock
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Study for a Foreground - A Burdock
    Date
    c.1754 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk
    Dimensions
    Metric: 213 x 147 mm
    Imperial: 8 3/8 x 5 3/4 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1881,0212.32
    Wilson Online Reference
    D264
    Description
    Four large leaves and a flower head of a burdock plant
    Provenance
    Given by John Deffett Francis, 1881
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Subject
    Burdock (Arctium genus) plants of different species are native to both Britain and Italy.
    Related Drawings
    D113 Study of Plants: Three Burdock Leaves, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    Critical commentary
    This is one of a number of studies made by Wilson for details of plants in the foregrounds of his landscapes (cf D113). Its date therefore is likely to fall within his years in Italy.
    Bibliography
    Binyon 56
    Updated by Compiler
    2016-06-10 00:00:00

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Study of Plants: Three Burdock Leaves, National Museum Wales, Cardiff

    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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