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    Landscape Sketch with Temple

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    Landscape Sketch with Temple
    Landscape Sketch with Temple
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Landscape Sketch with Temple
    Date
    c.1754 (undated)
    Medium
    Black and white chalk on blue-green paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 145 x 215 mm
    Imperial: 5 11/16 x 8 1/2 in
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1864,0309.327
    Wilson Online Reference
    D252/2
    Description
    A road winds away to distant hills, with trees in the foreground to the left and right. Beyond is a bridge over a river and on the right there is a temple.
    Provenance
    Donated by William Hookham Carpenter, March 1864
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Related Drawings
    D252/1 At a River's Mouth, The British Museum
    Critical commentary
    The recto of this drawing is D252/1 At a River's Mouth. The styles and techniques of the recto and verso are noticeably different from each other. Both have the same British Museum accession number.
    Bibliography
    Binyon 14
    Condition/Conservation
    Foxing on both sides
    Updated by Compiler
    2016-05-27 00:00:00

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), At a River's Mouth recto (verso is Landscape Sketch), The British Museum

    Biographies

    • William Hookham Carpenter (1792-1866)

    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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