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Landscape with Banditti: The Murder (A Rocky Landscape)
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Landscape with Banditti: The Murder (A Rocky Landscape)
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National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Landscape with Banditti: The Murder (A Rocky Landscape)
Date
c.1754 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk and stump with white highlights on grey paper laid down on cream paper with blue applied border
Dimensions
283 x 404 mm
Dimensions
11 1/8 x 15 7/8 in.
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Collection
National Museum Wales, Cardiff. To license image, click here.
Accession Number
NMW A 1884
Wilson Online Reference
D323
Description
Exhibited
Birmingham 1948-49 (95 - <i>A Dramatic Composition</i>); London, Cardiff and New Haven, 1982-83 (51); Tercentenary 2014 (53)
Birmingham 1948-49 (95 -
A Dramatic Composition
); London, Cardiff and New Haven, 1982-83 (51); Tercentenary 2014 (53)
Provenance
Commissioned by Thomas Jenkins for William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth; by descent to the 8th Earl; Christie's 29 January 1954 (27); bt Colnaghi on behalf of the National Museum of Wales
Commissioned by Thomas Jenkins for William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth; by descent to the 8th Earl; Christie's 29 January 1954 (27); bt Colnaghi on behalf of the National Museum of Wales
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Collectors' marks
[1] Possible undecipherable mark lower left
[1] Possible undecipherable mark lower left
Verso inscriptions
[1] Old pencil upper right: 59
[1] Old pencil upper right: 59
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Related Paintings
P50 <i>Landscape with Banditti: The Murder</i>, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
P50
Landscape with Banditti: The Murder
, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Related Works by Other Artists
Critical commentary
One of the 68 drawings commissioned by William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, from Wilson in Rome in 1754. As a genre scene, however, the subject is unique among the surviving 25 drawings and is noticeably complex in design, recalling the Sublime works of Salvator Rosa and his followers. It is thus related to several of Wilson's contemporary paintings representing exotic violence, such as P50 <span class="italic">Landscape with Banditti: The Murder</span>. However, the drawing appears to be later than the painting in date and its high degree of finish makes it almost certainly a presentation piece rather than a compositional study. Solkin reasonably proposed that Dartmouth might have come across a related oil in Wilson's studio and commissioned this drawing as a result.
One of the 68 drawings commissioned by William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, from Wilson in Rome in 1754. As a genre scene, however, the subject is unique among the surviving 25 drawings and is noticeably complex in design, recalling the Sublime works of Salvator Rosa and his followers. It is thus related to several of Wilson's contemporary paintings representing exotic violence, such as P50
Landscape with Banditti: The Murder
. However, the drawing appears to be later than the painting in date and its high degree of finish makes it almost certainly a presentation piece rather than a compositional study. Solkin reasonably proposed that Dartmouth might have come across a related oil in Wilson's studio and commissioned this drawing as a result.
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Bibliography
Farington Diary, vol. 7, p. 2775 (1 June 1806); Farington Biographical Note p. 12; Ford 1948, fig. 9, p. 345, <i>A Dramatic Composition</i>; WGC, pp. 91, 157-58, pl. 13b; Solkin 1982, p. 172; Clark & Bowron 1985, p. 267 under cat. 195; Wilson and Europe 2014, p. 244
Farington Diary, vol. 7, p. 2775 (1 June 1806); Farington Biographical Note p. 12; Ford 1948, fig. 9, p. 345,
A Dramatic Composition
; WGC, pp. 91, 157-58, pl. 13b; Solkin 1982, p. 172; Clark & Bowron 1985, p. 267 under cat. 195; Wilson and Europe 2014, p. 244
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
<a href="http://calmview.co.uk/paulmelloncentre/calmview/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=WGC%2f1%2f1%2f17" title="WGC/1/1/17" class="rewritten">WGC/1/1/17</a>
WGC/1/1/17
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More Information
All the 25 surviving Dartmouth drawings have numbers in graphite on the back, ranging (with gaps) from 23 to 61, thus supporting the original total of 68 given by Farington.
All the 25 surviving Dartmouth drawings have numbers in graphite on the back, ranging (with gaps) from 23 to 61, thus supporting the original total of 68 given by Farington.
Condition/Conservation
Flattened horizontal fold visible about halfway up image
Flattened horizontal fold visible about halfway up image
Illustrations of the Work
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Work of Art
Drawings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Study for the Murder
, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Paintings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Landscape with Banditti: The Murder,
National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Exhibitions
London, Tate Gallery, Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, and New Haven, Conn., Yale Center for British Art, 3 November 1982 - 19 June 1983
Birmingham City Art Gallery, 17 November 1948 - 9 January 1949
New Haven, Yale Center for British Art & Cardiff, Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, 6 March - 29 October 2014
Biographies
William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, 1731-1801
Thomas Jenkins, 1722-1798
Documents
William George Constable,
Richard Wilson
David Solkin,
Richard Wilson: The Landscape of Reaction
Martin Postle & Robin Simon,
Richard Wilson and the Transformation of European Landscape Painting
Anthony M. Clark and Edgar Peters Bowron,
Pompeo Batoni: A Complete Catalogue of his Works with an Introductory Text
Brinsley Ford, 'The Dartmouth Collection of Drawings by Richard Wilson'
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