Richard Wilson
Study for the Portrait of Admiral Thomas Smith, d. 1792. Commander-in-chief of ships in Scotland 1746
About this artwork
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artist:Richard Wilson (1713/4 - 1782) Welsh
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title:Study for the Portrait of Admiral Thomas Smith, d. 1792. Commander-in-chief of ships in Scotland 1746
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date created:About 1744
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materials:Black chalk heightened with white on blue paper
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measurements:38.20 x 27.00 cm
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credit line:William Finlay Watson Bequest 1881
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accession number:D 3221
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Richard Wilson
Richard Wilson
Wilson was the first British artist to paint classical landscapes, inspired by the work of Claude Lorraine and Gaspard Dughet. He was born in Wales, but moved to London to train with Thomas Wright, an established portrait painter. Wilson's early paintings were portraits, but he turned to landscape...
