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    Hermits by a Pool

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    Hermits by a Pool
    Hermits by a Pool
    Hermits by a Pool
    Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
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    Artist
    Ascribed to Wilson
    Title
    Hermits by a Pool
    Date
    c.1765 (undated)
    Medium
    Black and white chalk on greyish-brown paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 254 x 345 mm
    Imperial: 10 x 13 1/2 in.
    Collection
    Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    WA1855.144
    Wilson Online Reference
    D364
    Description
    A monk or hermit stands and another sits by a large boulder in the foreground, from which a flight of steps ascends left. A figure kneels before a wayside cross at the top.
    Provenance
    Chambers Hall Gift, 1855
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Collectors' marks
    [1] Lower right corner: Chambers Hall (Lugt 551)
    [2] Lower right corner: Oxford University Galleries (Lugt 2003)
    Related Drawings
    D365 Ascribed to Wilson, Study of a Boulder, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
    D366 Landscape; A Pool of Water at the Foot of a Mountain, Victoria & Albert Museum
    Critical commentary
    Constable suggested that D364, D365 and D366 might be connected with a missing painting exhibited by Wilson at the Royal Academy in 1775 (347), An Hermitage at Marino.
    Bibliography
    WGC, pp. 111, 230, pl. 124b; Brown 1982, pp. 667-68, no. 1904, pl. 552
    Link to WG Constable Archive Record
    WGC/1/1/138
    Condition/Conservation
    The chalk surface is rubbed in places

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Ascribed to Wilson, Study of a Boulder, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Landscape; A Pool of Water at the Foot of a Mountain, Victoria & Albert Museum

    Biographies

    • Chambers Hall (1786-1855)

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
    • David Blayney Brown, Catalogue of the Collection of Drawings in the Ashmolean Museum, Volume IV: The Earlier British Drawings, British Artists and Foreigners working in Britain born before c.1775
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