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River Scene
River Scene
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
River Scene
Date
c.1751-52 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk
Dimensions
Metric: 123 x 189 mm
Imperial: 4 7/8 x 7 7/16 in.
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Accession Number
1881,0212.72
Wilson Online Reference
D90
Description
Four men row a boat down a river with a wooded bank in the background
Provenance
Given by John Deffett Francis, February 1881
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
PRN: PDB5662;
851/7(29)
Bibliography
Binyon 34(a)
Condition/Conservation
Damaged in the centre above the boat with rowers
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