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    Boys blowing Soap-Bubbles (Boys on a Tree)

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    Boys blowing Soap-Bubbles (Boys on a Tree)
    Boys blowing Soap-Bubbles (Boys on a Tree)
    Boys blowing Soap-Bubbles (Boys on a Tree)
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Boys blowing Soap-Bubbles (Boys on a Tree)
    Date
    c.1751-52 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk
    Dimensions
    Metric: 123 x 200 mm
    Imperial: 4 7/8 x 8 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1881,0212.67
    Wilson Online Reference
    D55
    Description
    On the left is a withered tree, on a branch of which a boy sits blowing bubbles, whilst others climb on the trunk below. An estuary with trees on the shores can be seen beyond.
    Provenance
    Given by John Deffett Francis, February 1881
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    851/8 (34)
    Bibliography
    Binyon 47(b); Ford 1951, p. 55, pl. 28

    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
    • Brinsley Ford, The Drawings of Richard Wilson
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