In the Strada Nomentana (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)

In the Strada Nomentana (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
In the Strada Nomentana (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
In the Strada Nomentana (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Artist
Joseph Farington (1747-1821) after Wilson
Title
In the Strada Nomentana (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
Date
1776 (undated)
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Metric: Sheet: 248 x 343 mm; plate: 184 x 257 mm
Imperial: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 1/2 in.; plate: 7 1/4 x 10 1/8 in.
Accession Number
B1977.14.21011(h)
Wilson Online Reference
E39
Description
Landscape dominated by a ruined building with an arched lower section to the left of a pool. There is a figure with two children and a dog on the bank to the right and two other figures can be seen on a path winding through a field in the distance towards a coppice.
Provenance
Acquired 1977
Signature/inscription
Lettered below image with title and production detail: 'R. Wilson del', 'J. Farington sc.'
Related Prints
E72/23 Thomas Hastings after Wilson, View on the Strada Nomentana in Italy, The British Museum (1854,0708.80) and other impressions
Related Paintings
P105 Strada Nomentana - II Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth, BORGM 02383 (Lady Ford's painting)
P105A Strada Nomentana - II (View on the Strada Nomentana) (Classical Landscape, Strada Nomentana), National Museum Wales, Cardiff
P105B Strada Nomentana - II (View on the Strada Nomentana), Magdalen College, Oxford
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
Object ID: 49690
Bibliography
Booth Notes Doc. 7; Edwards 1808, p. 88
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
Condition/Conservation
Bound with eleven other 'original views' in an old leather binding with 'Views of Rome' imprinted on the spine but lacking a title page. Spine of the binding: 254 mm (10 in.)