© Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
A Rocaille Fountain
Artist: Richard Wilson (1713/14 - 1782)
Location: Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Materials: chalk
Dimensions: 39 x 51 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £210 (Total: £210)
Vendor: Christie's
Review number: 1762 (1954)
Provenance:
Earl of Dartmouth.
Description:
Black chalk and stump, heightened with white, on grey paper, surrounded by a lavender mount probable designed by Wilson. One of a series of 68 drawings drawn by Wilson for the second Earl of Dartmouth with whom he travelled to Naples; some sold or dispersed, but 25 rediscovered at Patshull Place in 1948.
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