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William Gilpin

River Landscape with Ruins, 1770s

Not on View

Medium

pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 24 x 37.3 cm (9 7/16 x 14 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1988.23.3

Artists / Makers

William Gilpin (artist) British, 1724 - 1804

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Inscription

lower right verso: artist's dry stamp (L. 2622a)

Provenance

(The Leger Galleries); acquired 1988 by NGA.

Associated Names

Leger Galleries Ltd., The

Exhibition History

1987: English Drawings and Watercolors, 1630-1850, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1987-1988, no cat.

Bibliography

1987: Leger Galleries, English Watercolors and Drawings. London, 11/18/1987-12/24/1987: no.28.

1988: Leger Galleries, The Fitch Collection, London, 3/16-4/15/1988: no.30.

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