View of the Colosseum
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Richard Wilson
Artist bio: British, Penegoes, Wales 1712/13–1782 Denbighshire, Wales
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: British, Welsh
Date: 1751–56
Medium: Black chalk heightened with white chalk on gray paper; sheet laid down on pink paper mount with double border in brown ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 3/16 × 7 11/16 in. (25.9 × 19.5 cm)
Mount: 11 3/4 in. × 9 3/8 in. (29.9 × 23.8 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Anonymous Gift, 1964
Accession year: 1964
Tags: Buildings