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Tower by a Lake
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Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Tower by a Lake
Date
Later 1770s (undated)
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
35 x 29.8 cm
Dimensions
13 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.
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Collection
Private Collection, England
Accession Number
BB35
Wilson Online Reference
P191
Description
A man with a bundle on a pole and a child are walking towards a ruined tower and buildings along a path on the shore of a river or lake. More figures are seen closer to the ruins in the middle ground. Two trees intertwine in the foreground at the right and the scene is illuminated by a ray of light streaming through a break in the thick clouds.
A man with a bundle on a pole and a child are walking towards a ruined tower and buildings along a path on the shore of a river or lake. More figures are seen closer to the ruins in the middle ground. Two trees intertwine in the foreground at the right and the scene is illuminated by a ray of light streaming through a break in the thick clouds.
Exhibited
Exeter 1946 (76 - <i>Ruin near Venice</i>); Weston 2011 (31)
Exeter 1946 (76 -
Ruin near Venice
); Weston 2011 (31)
Provenance
Benjamin Booth; The Revd R.S. Booth; Lady Ford; The Revd James Ford; Marianne Ford; Mrs Sanders; Mrs Geoffrey Vyvyan, Exeter, niece of Mrs Sanders; bequeathed to her son-in-law, Brinsley Ford, 1964
Benjamin Booth; The Revd R.S. Booth; Lady Ford; The Revd James Ford; Marianne Ford; Mrs Sanders; Mrs Geoffrey Vyvyan, Exeter, niece of Mrs Sanders; bequeathed to her son-in-law, Brinsley Ford, 1964
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
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Related Prints
E72/36 Hastings after Wilson, <i>Ruin near Venice</i>, The British Museum (1854,0708.93)
E72/36 Hastings after Wilson,
Ruin near Venice
, The British Museum (1854,0708.93)
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Related Paintings
Possible pendant: P190 <i>Tower and broken Bridge</i>, Private Collection, England
Possible pendant: P190
Tower and broken Bridge
, Private Collection, England
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Critical commentary
Stylistically this seems to be a work from Wilson's last years, perhaps a pendant of P190 <i>Tower and broken Bridge</i>, Private Collection, England
Stylistically this seems to be a work from Wilson's last years, perhaps a pendant of P190
Tower and broken Bridge
, Private Collection, England
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
Bibliography
Booth Notes Doc. 8, p. 2; Booth Notes, Doc. 9 (6); WGC, p. 227, pl. 119c; Walpole Society 1998-I, pp. 18-19, BB35; Williams 2011, p. 42
Booth Notes Doc. 8, p. 2; Booth Notes, Doc. 9 (6); WGC, p. 227, pl. 119c; Walpole Society 1998-I, pp. 18-19, BB35; Williams 2011, p. 42
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
<a href="http://www.calmview2.eu/paulmelloncentre/calmview/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=WGC%2f1%2f1%2f136" title="WGC/1/1/136" class="rewritten">WGC/1/1/136</a>
WGC/1/1/136
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Work of Art
Prints
Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
Ruin near Venice
, The British Museum
Exhibitions
Weston Park, The Granary Art Gallery, 2 April - 3 July 2011
Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 7 March - 5 April 1946
Biographies
Benjamin Booth, 1732-1807
Chambers Hall, 1786-1855
Sir Brinsley Ford, 1908-1999
The Revd Richard Salwey Booth, 1762-1807
Marianne Booth, Lady Ford, 1767-1849
Sir Richard Ford, 1758-1806
Documents
William George Constable,
Richard Wilson
Brinsley Ford and other authors,
The Ford Collection
Gareth Williams,
Masterpieces from the Ford Collection
Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 8: List of Wilson's Paintings and Works by Old Masters and other Artists in Booth's Collection
Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 9: List of Wilson's Landscapes with Sizes and former Owners
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