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    Trees at a Villa

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    Trees at a Villa
    Trees at a Villa
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Trees at a Villa
    Date
    c.1752-56 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk, heightened with white, on blue-green paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 278 x 220 mm
    Imperial: 11 x 8 3/4 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1881,0212.29
    Wilson Online Reference
    D253
    Description
    A great pine tree rises behind a garden wall with smaller trees to the right and cypresses beyond to the left.
    Provenance
    Donated by John Deffett Francis, 1881
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Verso inscriptions
    Reverse invisible as the drawing has been laid down
    Critical commentary
    Perhaps drawn en plein air, but very precise
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    851/2 (35)
    Bibliography
    Binyon 19
    Condition/Conservation
    Some staining. Repair centre right.

    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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