Study for Celadon and Amelia (Landscape: The Effect of a violent…

Study for Celadon and Amelia (Landscape: The Effect of a violent…
Study for Celadon and Amelia (Landscape: The Effect of a violent…
Study for Celadon and Amelia (Landscape: The Effect of a violent…
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Study for Celadon and Amelia (Landscape: The Effect of a violent Storm)
Date
c.1765 (undated)
Medium
Black and red chalk, softened with stump and heightened with white, mounted on fragment of old, lined beige card
Dimensions
Metric: 179 x 235 mm
Imperial: 7 x 9 1/4 in.
Accession Number
DYCE.641
Wilson Online Reference
D362
Description
Landscape with a violent storm. The sky is charged with heavy masses of cloud and a woman lies struck by lightning under a tree, left centre, while her lover runs towards her with a spear in his hand.
Provenance
Paul Sandby; bequeathed to the museum by the Revd Alexander Dyce, 1869
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Verso inscriptions
Lower centre modern hand in ballpoint pen: DYCE 641
Mount inscriptions
[1] Lower right in graphite on old mount: 297
[2] Lower centre in decorative graphite on old mount: Richard Wilson
Subject
The subject derives from lines 1191-1214 of 'Summer' from The Seasons by the Scottish poet and playwright, James Thomson (1700-1748).
Related Prints
E18 William Woollett and John Browne after Wilson, Celadon and Amelia, 1766, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven, and other impressions.
Related Paintings
Richard Wilson, Celadon and Amelia (Location unknown)
Critical commentary
The mixed chalk media are highly unusual for Wilson. The composition is in reverse from the painting but the prostrate figure of the lifeless maiden is the same as that introduced in 'Mr. Lock’s picture' (location unknown), engraved by William Woollett and John Browne.
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
Box DG 7
Bibliography
DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce, London : South Kensington Museum, 1874, p. 95; WGC, p. 165, pl. 24c
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
Condition/Conservation
In good condition
Updated by Compiler
2016-12-12 00:00:00