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    A Tower on a Mole

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    A Tower on a Mole
    A Tower on a Mole
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    A Tower on a Mole
    Date
    1751-52 (undated)
    Medium
    Pen and brown ink, over black chalk
    Dimensions
    Metric: 119 x 163 mm
    Imperial: 4 11/16 x 6 3/8 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1881,0212.57
    Wilson Online Reference
    D18A
    Description
    A machicolated tower at the end of a mole can be seen on the left, with a boat sailing by in front and others in the distance to the right
    Provenance
    Given by John Deffett Francis, February 1881
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Related Drawings
    D18 St George's Garden, Venice (Part of the Giudecca from the Island of San Giorgio, Venice), Private Collection, England
    Critical commentary
    A preliminary study, probably made on the spot, for D18 St George's Garden, Venice Private Collection, England
    Bibliography
    Binyon 49(b)

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), St George's Garden, Venice (Part of the Giudecca from the Island of San Giorgio, Venice), Private Collection, England

    Versions

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) St George's Garden, Venice (Part of the Giudecca from the Island of San Giorgio, Venice), Private Collection, England

    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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