Two Peasant Figures

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Two Peasant Figures
Two Peasant Figures
Two Peasant Figures
Reproduced by permission of the Provost and Fellows of Eton College
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Two Peasant Figures
Date
c.1752
Medium
Black and white chalk on blue-grey paper laid down
Dimensions
Metric: 277 x 200 mm
Imperial: 10 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.
Accession Number
FDA-D.543-2010
Wilson Online Reference
D424
Provenance
Alan Pilkington (1879-1973), by whom presented to Eton College, December 1971
Signature/inscription
Inscribed in pencil lower right: R. Wilson
Verso inscriptions
[1] Upper centre, pencil: Richard Wilson
[2] Lower right, pencil: A22963AX
Related Drawings
D162 Portrait of Thomas Jenkins, c.1752-53, The Pierpont Morgan Library and Museum, New York;
D192 Two Lions' Heads, c.1751-52, The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California;
D280/27 Italian Sketchbook - Drawing 28(r), 1754, YCBA.
Related Paintings
P54 The Departure of Regulus, 1752, Private Collection, England.
Critical commentary
It is just possible that the left-hand figure, socially upgraded, was used as a study for the male figure at left by the altar in P54 The Departure of Regulus, 1752, Private Collection, England.
Condition/Conservation
Mounted in presentation mount: 323 x 246 mm (12 3/4 x 9 11/16 in.)
Repaired tears centre right.