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    Ruin in a Valley

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    Ruin in a Valley
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Ruin in a Valley
    Date
    c.1752-54 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk, on blue-green paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 135 x 196 mm
    Imperial: 5 5/16 x 7 3/4 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1881,0212.74
    Wilson Online Reference
    D154
    Description
    A ruin with a tower in a hollow and wooded heights rising beyond. A figure, perhaps an artist, sits in the lower left corner.
    Provenance
    Given by John Deffett Francis, February 1881
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    851/4 (10)
    Bibliography
    Binyon 36(a); Sutton & Clements 1968, vol. 2, p. 27, fig. 25

    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
    • Denys Sutton & Ann Clements, An Italian Sketchbook by Richard Wilson, RA: Drawings made by the Artist in Rome and its Environs in the Year 1754
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