The Banks of the River Dee near Eaton, Cheshire

The Banks of the River Dee near Eaton, Cheshire
The Banks of the River Dee near Eaton, Cheshire
The Banks of the River Dee near Eaton, Cheshire
Royal Academy of Arts, London
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Artist
Thomas Morris (c.1750-c.1811) after Wilson
Title
The Banks of the River Dee near Eaton, Cheshire
Date
Published 4 April 1774
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Metric: 250 x 282 mm
Imperial: 9 7/8 x 11 1/8 in.
Accession Number
05/2972
Wilson Online Reference
E25A
Description
Landscape with river, three figures in a rowing boat in the foreground and cattle grazing in field to the right
Exhibited
London 2012 (unnumbered)
Provenance
21 June 1865 donated by Mrs Augusta Thackeray, daughter of the architect John Yenn RA (1750-1821) and aunt of the author, William Makepeace Thackeray as part of a large gift of prints and drawings, mainly collected by Yenn.
Related Drawings
D354 The Banks of the River Dee near Eaton Hall Cheshire, Art Institute of Chicago, Leonora Hall Gurley Collection
Related Prints
E71/1 John Young after Wilson, View on the River Dee, near Eaton Hall, The British Museum
Versions
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Another impression is at the Barber Institute or Fine Arts, University of Birmingham (97.7)
Related Paintings
P86 The River Dee near Eaton Hall, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham
P86A The River Dee near Eaton Hall, Petworth House, National Trust
P86B The River Dee near Eaton Hall, The Courtauld Gallery, London
P86C The River Dee near Eaton Hall (View of the River Dee, near Eaton Hall, Cheshire), Tyntesfield, National Trust
P86D Ascribed to Wilson, The River Dee near Eaton Hall, Private Collection, North America
NWP86E Ascribed to Wilson, The River Dee near Eaton Hall, The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
Critical commentary
Wilson's many repetitions of this subject are either with or without figures in the foreground. Morris's print however represents yet another variant with three men in a rowing boat, who are also present in D354, Wilson's only drawing of the subject. According to Constable the source of Morris's engraving was an untraced painting owned by ‘Peter Pindar’ (Dr John Wolcot). See also P86D.
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
PL004637
Condition/Conservation
Conserved by Emma Cox 2012
Updated by Compiler
2017-06-21 00:00:00