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    Temple on a Promontory

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    Temple on a Promontory
    Temple on a Promontory
    Temple on a Promontory
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Temple on a Promontory
    Date
    c.1754 (undated)
    Medium
    Graphite
    Dimensions
    Metric: 70 x 107 mm
    Imperial: 2 3/4 x 4 3/16 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1881,0212.35
    Wilson Online Reference
    D270
    Description
    An apsidal temple ruin on a headland, with the sea below and figures on the edge of the cliff
    Provenance
    Given by John Deffett Francis, February 1881
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    851/12 (34)
    Bibliography
    Binyon 55(c)

    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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