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The Lake of Nemi [in] Italy
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The Lake of Nemi [in] Italy
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Artist
Thomas Hastings after Wilson
Title
The Lake of Nemi [in] Italy
Date
Published 1824
Medium
Etching on chine collé
Dimensions
162 x 209 mm
Dimensions
6 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.
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The British Museum.
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Accession Number
1854,0708.90
Wilson Online Reference
E72/33
Description
A view of Lake Nemi, framed by trees, with two naked female bathers on a rock on the shore in the foreground at right. The town buildings are on a hill on the opposite bank.
A view of Lake Nemi, framed by trees, with two naked female bathers on a rock on the shore in the foreground at right. The town buildings are on a hill on the opposite bank.
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Provenance
Bought from George Willis, Piazza, Covent Garden, 1854
Bought from George Willis, Piazza, Covent Garden, 1854
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image with the title, 'The Original is in the Possession of Lady Ford 2_ Ft_ In. by 1.8.'; production details and publication line: 'Painted by R. Wilson.' ' Etched by T. Hastings | 1824.' Page numbered lower right: 33
Lettered below the image with the title, 'The Original is in the Possession of Lady Ford
2_ Ft_ In. by 1.8.'; production details and publication line: 'Painted by R. Wilson.' ' Etched by T. Hastings | 1824.'
Page numbered lower right: 33
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D105 <i>Nemi</i>, The British Museum
D105
Nemi
, The British Museum
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P81 <i>Lake Nemi, Figures Bathing</i>, Private Collection, England (Lady Ford's painting)
P81
Lake Nemi, Figures Bathing
, Private Collection, England (Lady Ford's painting)
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Critical commentary
From a series of forty etchings after paintings by Richard Wilson and additional title page, bound in a volume in red tooled leather with gold decorative border, lettered on the spine with 'Wilson's | Etchings | by | Hastings'; the title page lettered in black and red: 'Etchings, | from the Works | of | [ facsimile of signature below portrait] Ric. Wilson | with Some Memoirs of his Life, &c. | by Thomas Hastings, Esq. | Collector of His Majesty's Customs. | "Non Ductus Officio Sed Amore Operis." Quintillian. | Published by Hurst, Robinson & Co. Cheapside, London. | Johnson, Typ. Apollo Press, 1825. Brook Street, Holborn'; containing twenty pages of Introductory and Concluding Remarks by the etcher, including descriptions of Richard Wilson's original paintings. The dimensions of the related painting given in the lettering do not tally with those of P81, Lady Ford's painting.
From a series of forty etchings after paintings by Richard Wilson and additional title page, bound in a volume in red tooled leather with gold decorative border, lettered on the spine with 'Wilson's | Etchings | by | Hastings'; the title page lettered in black and red: 'Etchings, | from the Works | of | [ facsimile of signature below portrait] Ric. Wilson | with Some Memoirs of his Life, &c. | by Thomas Hastings, Esq. | Collector of His Majesty's Customs. | "Non Ductus Officio Sed Amore Operis." Quintillian. | Published by Hurst, Robinson & Co. Cheapside, London. | Johnson, Typ. Apollo Press, 1825. Brook Street, Holborn'; containing twenty pages of Introductory and Concluding Remarks by the etcher, including descriptions of Richard Wilson's original paintings.
The dimensions of the related painting given in the lettering do not tally with those of P81, Lady Ford's painting.
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
PRA324724
PRA324724
Bibliography
Hastings 1825; WGC, p. 208 under pl. 93a; Yule 2015
Hastings 1825; WGC, p. 208 under pl. 93a; Yule 2015
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George Willis was an antiquarian book dealer, who occasionally published books and prints. His firm was active from 1832-1856 and sold many prints to the British Museum. In 1856 it merged with Thomas Sotheran to become Willis & Sotheran.
George Willis was an antiquarian book dealer, who occasionally published books and prints. His firm was active from 1832-1856 and sold many prints to the British Museum. In 1856 it merged with Thomas Sotheran to become Willis & Sotheran.
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Illustrations of the Work
Updated by Compiler
09/01/2018
09/01/2018
Work of Art
Drawings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Nemi
, The British Museum
Paintings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Lake Nemi, Figures Bathing
, Private Collection, England
Exhibitions
Biographies
Captain Thomas Hastings, 1778-1854
Marianne Booth, Lady Ford, 1767-1849
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Thomas Hastings,
Etchings from the Works of Ric. Wilson, with some Memoirs of his Life &c.
This print is part of the "Etchings from the Works of Richard Wilson British Museum" sketchbook
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