Antique Ruins on the Sea Coast

Antique Ruins on the Sea Coast
Antique Ruins on the Sea Coast
Antique Ruins on the Sea Coast
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Antique Ruins on the Sea Coast
Date
c.1751-52 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk on white paper
Dimensions
Metric: 175 x 261 mm
Imperial: 6 7/8 x 10 1/4 in.
Accession Number
WA1855.129
Wilson Online Reference
D66
Provenance
Chambers Hall Gift, 1855
Techniques and materials
Some stump work is visible at the top of the hill by the tower left. There are two vertical areas of sepia wash to the extreme left and right and traces of blue ink or chalk at the right lower corner.
Collectors' marks
[1] Lower left corner: Chambers Hall (Lugt 551)
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
1896
Bibliography
Brown 1982, p. 663, no. 1896, pl. 546
Condition/Conservation
Once but no longer mounted with D376 English Hillside with Fields and Buildings