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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/richard-wilson-606" aria-label="More by Richard Wilson" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Richard Wilson</a>
Landscape Composition with an Extensive towards Sea and Figures in Foreground
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
coast
group
groups
landscape
man
people
sea
seascapes and coasts
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
woman
wooded
<p>Most probably by Wilson himself - though not exactly connected with any known painting by him - but just possibly by one of his pupils. It is not known how Turner acquired it, but perhaps it came from the same source as his paintings by the artist.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique chalk graphite
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Museo Nacional de Arte (Mexico City, Mexico)
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2015-10-18
2015-07-18
Pinacoteca do Estado (São Paulo, Brazil)
2015-03-26
British Landscape
Tate partnerships & programmes
Landscape Composition with an Extensive View towards the Sea, and Figures in the Foreground
support: 441 × 531 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
<p>Most probably by Wilson himself - though not exactly connected with any known <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> by  him - but just possibly by one of his pupils. It  is not known how Turner acquired it, but perhaps  it came from the same source as his paintings  by the artist. </p>
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adults architecture coast group groups landscape man people sea seascapes and coasts townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features woman wooded
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