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    Outlook from a Cave

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    Outlook from a Cave
    Outlook from a Cave
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Outlook from a Cave
    Date
    c.1751-52 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk, on buff paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 143 x 144 mm
    Imperial: 5 5/8 x 5 5/8 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1881,0212.69
    Wilson Online Reference
    D87
    Description
    The mouth of a cave, partly blocked by a boulder on the left, looks out onto wide country. A man holding a staff leans nonchalantly against the rock on the right.
    Provenance
    Given by John Deffett Francis, February 1881
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Bibliography
    Binyon 46(b)

    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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