Wilson Online Reference
BI 1814
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Works by Hogarth, Gainsborough and Wilson lent to the British Institution
London, British Institution
1814
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Catalogue of Pictures by the late William Hogarth, Richard Wilson, Thomas Gainsborough, and J. Zoffani, London, 1814. Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., Cleveland Row, St James's [Catalogue 1814]
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The exhibition, held 'in honour of the memory of those distinguished artists and for the improvement of British Art', comprised 221 works, including 84 by or ascribed to, Wilson. (The authenticity of some was questioned by Wilson's pupil, Farington). Among the works exhibited were the following. The double numbers refer to the first and second editions of the catalogue respectively:
P35 River and Farmhouse -I (no. 166/170 - Landscape)
P42 Capriccio Landscape with Lake, Castle and Hills (no. 159/163)
P56 Rome from the Villa Madama (no. 173/177)
P56B Rome from the Villa Madama (no. 211/214 - A View of Rome)
P57 Rome: St Peter's and the Vatican from the Janiculum (no. 197/201 - A View of Rome)
P71 Distant View of Maecenas' Villa, Tivoli (no. 154/158)
P76 Wilton House from the Southeast (no. 172/176, 194/198 or 196/200)
P77 Wilton House looking East from the Garden (no. 172/176, 194/198 or 196/200)
P78 Wilton House from the East (no. 172/176, 194/198 or 196/200)
[?] P80 Wilton House, South View from Temple Copse (no. 172/176, 194/198 or 196/200)
P83 Croome Court, Worcestershire (no. 201/205)
P86 The River Dee near Eaton Hall (no. 136/139)
P86A The River Dee near Eaton Hall (no. 215/220)
P89A The Thames near Marble Hill, Twickenham (no. 200/204 - Small landscape)
P90 The Destruction of the Children of Niobe (no. 202/206)
P90B The Destruction of Niobe's Children (no. 165/169)
P91 The Hermitage, Villa Madama (no. 167/171)
P96 A Summer Evening ('On the Arno' - I) (no. 104/107)
P105 Strada Nomentana - II (no. 135/138)
P119A Phaeton's Petition to Apollo (no. 209/215 - Phaeton)
P134 Moor Park, Distant View towards Cassiobury (no. 73/76 or 85/88)
P135 View from Moor Park towards Rickmansworth (no. 73/76 or 85/88)
P162A Cicero with his Friend Atticus and Brother Quintus at his Villa at Arpinum (no. 161/165 - Cicero at his Villa)
P163 Meleager and Atalanta (no. 195/199)
P165 Dinas Bran from Llangollen - I (no. 145/148)
P166 View near Wynnstay, the Seat of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn (no. 129/132)
P170 Sandpit in a Glade (no. 127/130 - A Woody Scene; or no.144/147 - A landscape)
P171 A View in the Villa Chigi at Ariccia (no. 127/130 - A Woody Scene; or no. 144/147 - A landscape)
P173 Okehampton Castle, Devonshire (no. 139/142)
[?] P177C Pastoral Scene with Musicians by a classical Ruin (possibly no. 184/187)
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