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E72/2A - Near Rome
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The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
Thomas Hastings after Wilson
Title
Near Rome
Date
1820
Medium
Etching on chine collé
Dimensions
112 x 187 mm
Dimensions
4 3/8 x 7 3/8 in.
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The British Museum.
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Accession Number
1881,0312.22
Wilson Online Reference
E72/2A
Description
A landscape near Rome, with a couple standing on a riverbank at the centre foreground. There are an ancient altar and stone block nearby at the right with steep rocks and trees on the far bank and mountains in the distance to the left.
A landscape near Rome, with a couple standing on a riverbank at the centre foreground. There are an ancient altar and stone block nearby at the right with steep rocks and trees on the far bank and mountains in the distance to the left.
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Provenance
Donated by John Deffett Francis, 1881
Donated by John Deffett Francis, 1881
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image: 'The Original Painting is in the Possession of Lady Ford | NEAR ROME'; production details: 'R. Wilson pinxit | 1768. | T. Hastings fecit | 1820.
Lettered below the image: 'The Original Painting is in the Possession of Lady Ford | NEAR ROME'; production details: 'R. Wilson pinxit | 1768. | T. Hastings fecit | 1820.
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Related Drawings
D172 <i>A Roman Altar at Palestrina</i>, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
D172
A Roman Altar at Palestrina
, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
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Related Paintings
P156 <i>Near Rome</i>, Private Collection, England
P156
Near Rome
, Private Collection, England
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Critical commentary
From a set of four etchings, sewn into white wrappers, sold by Colnaghi & Sons and published by Hurst, Robinson & Co.; one sheet with image cut and pasted onto the front wrapper, which is inscribed in pen and ink at the top: No 1 | Proofs - India | 5s' and signed below: 'J. Deffett Francis.' See also E72/1A <i>On Hounslow Heath</i>, E72/3A <i>Lake of Albano</i>, E72/4A <i> Villa Emelia </i>.
From a set of four etchings, sewn into white wrappers, sold by Colnaghi & Sons and published by Hurst, Robinson & Co.; one sheet with image cut and pasted onto the front wrapper, which is inscribed in pen and ink at the top: No 1 | Proofs - India | 5s' and signed below: 'J. Deffett Francis.' See also E72/1A
On Hounslow Heath
, E72/3A
Lake of Albano
, E72/4A
Villa Emelia
.
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Bibliography
Hastings 1825; WGC, p. 221 under pl. 111b; Yule 2015, pp. 60 & 69
Hastings 1825; WGC, p. 221 under pl. 111b; Yule 2015, pp. 60 & 69
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
<a href="http://calmview.co.uk/paulmelloncentre/calmview/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=WGC%2f1%2f1%2f128" title="WGC/1/1/128" class="rewritten">WGC/1/1/128</a>
WGC/1/1/128
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Illustrations of the Work
Updated by Compiler
04/12/2017
04/12/2017
Work of Art
Drawings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
A Roman Altar at Palestrina
, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
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Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
Near Rome
, The British Museum
Paintings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Near Rome
, Private Collection, England
Exhibitions
Biographies
Captain Thomas Hastings, 1778-1854
John Deffett Francis, 1815-1901
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Thomas Hastings,
Etchings from the Works of Ric. Wilson, with some Memoirs of his Life &c.
Part of a sketchbook
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