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    Slight Sketch in Rome

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    Slight Sketch in Rome
    Slight Sketch in Rome
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Slight Sketch in Rome
    Date
    c.1752-56 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk
    Dimensions
    Metric: 90 x 91 mm
    Imperial: 3 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1881,0212.38
    Wilson Online Reference
    D141
    Description
    Two figures are seen in the foreground on the left and there is a ruined building on the right with other figures near it. The dome of St Peter's appears beyond a bridge in the distance.
    Provenance
    Given by John Deffett Francis, 1881
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Bibliography
    Binyon 53(a)

    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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