About this artwork
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artist:Richard Wilson (1713/4 - 1782) Welsh
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title:An Artist Sketching at Tivoli
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Black chalk and grey wash, heightened with white on prepared paper (somewhat stained)
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measurements:27.50 x 43.00 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Miss Helen Barlow Bequest 1976
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accession number:D 5023.49
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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...