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Classical Landscape with Tower
Classical Landscape with Tower
National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Classical Landscape with Tower
Date
c.1752 (undated)
Medium
Pen and brown ink on white laid paper
Dimensions
Metric: 155 x 169 mm
Imperial: 6 1/16 x 6 9/16 in.
Details
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Collection
National Museum Wales, Cardiff. To license image, click here.
Accession Number
NMW A 5737
Wilson Online Reference
D109
Provenance
Thomas Hudson [...]; purchased 8 June 1915 from F.R. Meatyard, 59 High Holborn London WC
Signature/inscription
Signed in brown ink, lower left: R.W.f.
Collectors' marks
[1] Stamp lower left: Thomas Hudson (Lugt 2432)
Subject
Vesuvius appears in the background, left
Critical commentary
A beautiful notation in line, framed in pen-line border
Bibliography
The Connoisseur
, April 1923
Condition/Conservation
Very good condition. Cut down to the pen-line border.
Biographies
Frederick Meatyard (died c.1964)
Thomas Hudson (1701-1779)