House of Pompey at Albano, 1753–56, Black chalk touched with white, Sheet: 8 5/8 x 15 in. (21.9 x 38.1 cm), Drawings, Richard Wilson (British, Penegoes, Wales 1712/13–1782 Denbighshire, Wales), Wilson began his career as a portraitist but turned exclusively to landscape during a trip to Italy in the 1750s. At that time, he set out to train himself as a landscapist by making on-the-spot sketches in the Italian countryside and compositional sketches in the studio
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House, Pompey, Albano, 1753–56, Black chalk touched, white, Sheet, 8 5/8 x 15, 21.9 38.1 cm, Drawings, Richard Wilson, British, Penegoes, Wales, 1712/13–1782, Denbighshire, Wilson, career, portraitist, turned exclusively, landscape, trip, Italy, 1750s, time, set out, train, landscapist, spot sketches, Italian countryside, compositional, studio
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