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River and Fishermen
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Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
River and Fishermen
Date
Later 1770s
Medium
Oil on wood
Dimensions
12.1 x 14 cm
Dimensions
4 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.
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Collection
Private Collection, England
Accession Number
BB33
Wilson Online Reference
P189
Description
Two men are fishing from the bank of a meandering river in the centre foreground. In the middle distance on the right two women walk towards a church.
Two men are fishing from the bank of a meandering river in the centre foreground. In the middle distance on the right two women walk towards a church.
Exhibited
Brighton 1920 (26 - <i>Italian Landscape</i>); Exeter 1946 (56 - <i>Men fishing</i>); London 1968 (8); London, Cardiff and New Haven, 1982-83 (144); Conwy 2009 (27); Weston 2011 (29); Gainsborough House 2014 (unnumbered)
Brighton 1920 (26 -
Italian Landscape
); Exeter 1946 (56 -
Men fishing
); London 1968 (8); London, Cardiff and New Haven, 1982-83 (144); Conwy 2009 (27); Weston 2011 (29); Gainsborough House 2014 (unnumbered)
Provenance
<span class="underline">Benjamin Booth</span>; <span class="underline">The Revd R.S. Booth</span>; <span class="underline">Lady Ford</span>; <span class="underline">Richard Ford</span>; <span class="underline">Sir Francis Clare Ford</span>; <span class="underline">John G. Ford</span>; <span class="underline">Brinsley Ford</span>; thence by descent
Benjamin Booth
;
The Revd R.S. Booth
;
Lady Ford
;
Richard Ford
;
Sir Francis Clare Ford
;
John G. Ford
;
Brinsley Ford
; thence by descent
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Techniques and materials
Unusual among Wilson's paintings as being on panel, this was quite probably one of the old coach panels on which he is known to have been forced to paint on for want of materials at the end of his life.
Unusual among Wilson's paintings as being on panel, this was quite probably one of the old coach panels on which he is known to have been forced to paint on for want of materials at the end of his life.
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Subject
While perhaps based on nature, the scene is almost certainly imaginary evoking the landscape of Italy
While perhaps based on nature, the scene is almost certainly imaginary evoking the landscape of Italy
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Related Prints
E72/20 Thomas Hastings after Wilson, <i>Italian [sic] (River and Fishermen)</i>, The British Museum (1854,0708.77) and other impressions
E72/20 Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
Italian [sic] (River and Fishermen)
, The British Museum (1854,0708.77) and other impressions
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Critical commentary
Figures and a tower with an Italianate belvedere are part of Wilson's standard repertoire, harking back to earlier compositions, and much repeated in his old age. Thomas Hastings, who etched the work stated that it was '<i>immediately</i> from Nature' and 'an out-door sketch' (Hastings 1825, p. 15).
Figures and a tower with an Italianate belvedere are part of Wilson's standard repertoire, harking back to earlier compositions, and much repeated in his old age. Thomas Hastings, who etched the work stated that it was '
immediately
from Nature' and 'an out-door sketch' (Hastings 1825, p. 15).
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Bibliography
Booth Notes, Doc. 9 (1); WGC, pp. 92, 109, 215, pl. 102b; Solkin 1982, p. 248; Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 18, BB33; Lord 2009, p.60, no. 27; Williams 2011, pp. 40-41, repr.
Booth Notes, Doc. 9 (1); WGC, pp. 92, 109, 215, pl. 102b; Solkin 1982, p. 248; Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 18, BB33; Lord 2009, p.60, no. 27; Williams 2011, pp. 40-41, repr.
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
<a href="http://calmview.co.uk/paulmelloncentre/calmview/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=WGC%2f1%2f1%2f117" title="WGC/1/1/117" class="rewritten">WGC/1/1/117</a>
WGC/1/1/117
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Condition/Conservation
Thickly painted on a small and crudely fashioned panel - probably a cheap coach panel
Thickly painted on a small and crudely fashioned panel - probably a cheap coach panel
Illustrations of the Work
Updated by Compiler
09/11/2018
09/11/2018
Work of Art
Prints
Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
Italian [sic
(River and Fishermen), The British Museum
Exhibitions
London, Tate Gallery, Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, and New Haven, Conn., Yale Center for British Art, 3 November 1982 - 19 June 1983
Brighton, Fine Art Galleries, 28 February - 2 May 1920
Conwy, Royal Cambrian Academy, 24 October - 23 December 2009
Weston Park, The Granary Art Gallery, 2 April - 3 July 2011
London, Royal Academy, 14 December 1968 - 2 March 1969
Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 7 March - 5 April 1946
Sudbury, Gainsborough's House, 11 January - 31 May 2014
Biographies
Benjamin Booth, 1732-1807
Sir Brinsley Ford, 1908-1999
The Revd Richard Salwey Booth, 1762-1807
Elizabeth Booth, 1763-1819
Marianne Booth, Lady Ford, 1767-1849
Sir Richard Ford, 1758-1806
Sir Francis Clare Ford, 1828-1899
Documents
William George Constable,
Richard Wilson
David Solkin,
Richard Wilson: The Landscape of Reaction
Peter Lord,
Richard Wilson. Life & Legacy
Brinsley Ford and other authors,
The Ford Collection
Gareth Williams,
Masterpieces from the Ford Collection
Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 9: List of Wilson's Landscapes with Sizes and former Owners
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