River Landscape with Ruins

1770s

William Gilpin

Artist, British, 1724 - 1804

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

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

  • Accession

    1988.23.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(The Leger Galleries); acquired 1988 by NGA.

Associated Names

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.

Inscriptions

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

Wikidata ID

Q64636991

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