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Richard Wilson

72 works

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Pencil sketch of a garden landscape with a tall tree, a winding road, and a building with arches among distant trees.

View of Wilson House and Gardens (recto); View of Wilson House and Gardens (verso)

1760/69 (recto); n.d. (verso)

Grey wash landscape drawing of a cottage, trees, grazing cows and a woman walking on a path under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Woman and Cows (recto); Sketch of a Landscape (verso)

n.d.

Pencil sketch of a hillside with a tall tree and shrubs overlooking a valley with distant hills and small figures.

Boxhill, Surrey

Pencil landscape drawing of a river valley with a castle-crowned hill on the left and a large tree on the right.

Castell Dinas Bran, Wales

Pencil landscape drawing of a stone arched bridge, a tall tower, poplar trees, and small figures beside a river.

Italian Landscape with Three-Arched Bridge, Bridgehouse, Figures on near Bank, and Poplars on Farther Bank

1752

Pencil sketch of a giant reclining figure bound by tiny figures in a flat landscape with trees and distant town.

Gulliver Bound by the Lilliputians

Pencil landscape of a river between a high wall and bank, with figures and a distant town under a pale sky.

Italian Landscape with River Running Between High Wall at Left and High Bank at Right Towards a Small Town with Figur…

1753

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a standing young man in a tricorn hat, seen in three-quarter view.

Full-length Study of a Young Man

Grey chalk drawing of tall trees with spreading foliage and a small seated shepherd with a staff at lower left.

Shepherd Seated Under a Tree

Grey wash drawing of a Roman countryside with a road, ruins, travelers, and distant mountains under cloudy sky.

The Via Nomentana

1754

Pencil sketch of a tall arched aqueduct and rocky cliff with a distant hilltop town and mountains under a pale sky.

Ponte delle Torri, Seen Through an Arch

Grey wash drawing of a waterfall plunging over cliffs beneath a hilltop town with a tower.

The Falls at Tivoli

1752

Graphite sketch of a waterfall cascading between rocky cliffs, with spray and small figures among the rocks below.

The Cascade at Terni

Pencil sketch of a ruined temple, tall trees, and two figures on a river bank under an open sky.

Ruined Temple of Minerva?, Two Figures on River Bank

Grey wash drawing of the ruined domed Temple of Minerva Medica in Rome, with fields, trees and figures in the foreground.

Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome

1754

Pencil and chalk drawing of two draped standing figures with a staff, plus a small head sketch and inscription at right.

Study of Figures for "A View of the Campagna"

1755

Pencil drawing of an old gnarled tree trunk with vine-covered roots and thin saplings behind it.

Study of an Old Tree: Trunk and Creeper-Covered Roots

Pencil sketch of craggy cliffs, three standing figures at their base, and two distant horsemen on a flat shore.

Three Figures Standing by Rocky Cliffs, Two Horsemen in Distance Left

Pencil drawing of a riverside scene with a hexagonal building, wind-bent trees, figures on a path, and a distant arched bridg

Riverside Scene with Figures, Hexagonal Building Left and Horse-Drawn Wagon Crossing Bridge at Right

Grey wash drawing of a sculpted plinth with a nude figure, winged creatures, garlands and a reclining cherub.

Sculpted Plinth in the Villa Medici

Grey wash drawing of an Italianate landscape with a tall tree, small building, distant hills and two figures on a path.

Italianate Landscape Composition

Pencil drawing of two gnarled ancient trees with spreading branches above rocks beside a lake, on toned paper.

The Arbra Sacra on the Banks of Lake Nemi

1754

Grey wash drawing of a hanging lamp above two kneeling figures before a pietà in a dim underground shrine.

An Underground Shrine with Two Figures Kneeling before a Pieta

Grey wash drawing of St. Peter's dome and Vatican buildings under a stormy sky, framed by large trees.

View of St. Peter's and the Vatican from the Janiculum

1754

Grey wash drawing of old buildings, a tower, and ruined arches beside a sloping field under a pale sky.

House of Pompey at Albano

1753-56

Pencil drawing on blue-grey paper of a ruined circular Roman structure at right, with a tree and small figure at left.

View of the Colosseum

1751-56

Pencil sketch of an umbrella pine on the left with a open landscape, low buildings and shrubs stretching to the right.

Italian Landscape with Umbrella Pine in Foreground

n.d.

Pencil sketch of a grotesque mask rocaille fountain in rockwork with foliage, beside a pediment and balustrade.

'Il Mascherone,' a Rocaille Fountain on the Grounds of the Villa Borghese

c. 1754

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a river landscape with a bridge, grazing cattle, and a large tree on the right.

Banks of the River Dee near Eaton Hall, Cheshire

c. 1759

Pencil sketch of Rome's skyline with the dome of Saint Peter's rising above distant buildings and trees.

View of Saint Peter's from the Palace of the Caesars, with Circus Maximus Below

n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a pastoral landscape with a horseback rider, figures, large trees and a distant ruined tower.

Roman Campagna with Figures

1756

Grey wash drawing of an Italian landscape with an umbrella pine, a stone tower, figures, a cow, and distant mountains.

A View in Italy with Mountains in the Distance

c. 1754