Lot Essay
There is a simliar drawing, inscribed 'done at the Villa Madama' also on prepared paper and of a similar size illustrated in B. Ford, The Drawings of Richard Wilson, London, 1951, p. 53, no. 12.
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Burdock leaves
Details
Richard Wilson, R.A. (1713-1782)
Burdock leaves
black and white chalk, on grey prepared paper
7¼ x 8¾ in. (18.4 x 22.3 cm.); and a pencil study of a young woman (on the reverse)
Burdock leaves
black and white chalk, on grey prepared paper
7¼ x 8¾ in. (18.4 x 22.3 cm.); and a pencil study of a young woman (on the reverse)
Provenance
with Spink-Leger, London.
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