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View of Rome
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View of Rome
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The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
Samuel Middiman (1750-1831) after Wilson
Title
View of Rome
Date
1807
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
332 x 377 mm
Dimensions
13 1/16 x 14 13/16 in.
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The British Museum.
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Accession Number
1927,0218.41
Wilson Online Reference
E59B
Description
Landscape with the city of Rome in the background and St Peter's to the left, seen from a between groups of trees on a verdant hillside above. A man is driving livestock down a path to the left. A second man is sitting on a basket, talking to a woman and child, next to a remnant of ancient sculpture with a relief of a woman in profile.
Landscape with the city of Rome in the background and St Peter's to the left, seen from a between groups of trees on a verdant hillside above. A man is driving livestock down a path to the left. A second man is sitting on a basket, talking to a woman and child, next to a remnant of ancient sculpture with a relief of a woman in profile.
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Provenance
Purchased from W.T. Searle, 1927
Purchased from W.T. Searle, 1927
Signature/inscription
Scratched below the image: [1] Upper left: Painted by R. Wilson' [2] Upper right: 'Etched by S. Middiman' [3] Inscribed lower left, pencil: 'First Proof'
Scratched below the image:
[1] Upper left: Painted by R. Wilson'
[2] Upper right: 'Etched by S. Middiman'
[3] Inscribed lower left, pencil: 'First Proof'
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Related Drawings
D311 <i>View of St Peter's and the Vatican from the Janiculum</i>, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
D311
View of St Peter's and the Vatican from the Janiculum
, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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P57 <i>Rome: St Peter's and the Vatican from the Janiculum</i>, Tate, London P57A <i>St Peter's and the Vatican from the Janiculum, Rome</i>, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
P57
Rome: St Peter's and the Vatican from the Janiculum
, Tate, London
P57A
St Peter's and the Vatican from the Janiculum, Rome
, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
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Critical commentary
The final state was plate 3 with an account on the facing page of <i>The British Gallery of Engravings</i>, by the Revd Edward Forster, published by William Miller, 50 Albemarle Street, London, 1807
The final state was plate 3 with an account on the facing page of
The British Gallery of Engravings
, by the Revd Edward Forster, published by William Miller, 50 Albemarle Street, London, 1807
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Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
View of St Peter's and the Vatican from the Janiculum
, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Samuel Middiman (1750-1831) after Wilson,
View of Rome
, The British Museum
Samuel Middiman (1750-1831) after Wilson,
View of Rome
, The British Museum
Paintings
Rome: St Peter's and the Vatican from the Janiculum
, Tate, London
St Peter's and the Vatican from the Janiculum, Rome
, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
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