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Tower and Broken Bridge
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Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Tower and Broken Bridge
Date
Later 1770s (undated)
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
31.8 x 26.4 cm
Dimensions
12 1/2 x 10 3/8 in.
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Collection
Private Collection, England
Accession Number
BB34
Wilson Online Reference
P190
Description
Exhibited
Bangor 1925 (53); Exeter 1946 (73); Weston 2011 (30)
Bangor 1925 (53); Exeter 1946 (73); Weston 2011 (30)
Provenance
<span class="underline">Benjamin Booth</span>; <span class="underline">The Revd J.S. Booth</span>; <span class="underline">Lady Ford</span>; <span class="underline">The Revd James Ford</span>; <span class="underline">Marianne Ford</span>, Mrs Sanders; Mary Ford; Mrs Geoffrey Vyvyan, Exeter, niece of Mrs Sanders; bequeathed to her son-in-law, <span class="underline">Brinsley Ford</span>, 1964
Benjamin Booth
;
The Revd J.S. Booth
;
Lady Ford
;
The Revd James Ford
;
Marianne Ford
, Mrs Sanders; Mary Ford; 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
Techniques and materials
The uncertain and generalised facture argue a late date
The uncertain and generalised facture argue a late date
Collectors' marks
Verso inscriptions
Mount inscriptions
Labels
Subject
Booth noted: 'Qu[ery] on the Anio Maecenas Villa in distance' (Doc. 9, p. 1, no. 4)
Booth noted: 'Qu[ery] on the Anio Maecenas Villa in distance' (Doc. 9, p. 1, no. 4)
Related Subjects
Related Drawings
Related Prints
E72/34 Thomas Hastings after Wilson, <i>Untitled (Tower and Broken Bridge)</i>, The British Museum (1854,0708.91)
E72/34 Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
Untitled (Tower and Broken Bridge)
, The British Museum (1854,0708.91)
Versions
Related Paintings
Possible pendant: P191 <i>Tower by a Lake</i>, Private Collection, England.
Possible pendant: P191
Tower by a Lake
, Private Collection, England.
Related Works by Other Artists
Critical commentary
Stylistically this seems to be a work from Wilson's last years, perhaps a pendant of P191.
Stylistically this seems to be a work from Wilson's last years, perhaps a pendant of P191.
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
Bibliography
Booth Notes, Doc. 9 (4); WGC, p. 227, pl. 119b; Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 18, BB34; Williams 2011, p. 40
Booth Notes, Doc. 9 (4); WGC, p. 227, pl. 119b; Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 18, BB34; Williams 2011, p. 40
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
<a href="http://calmview.co.uk/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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Condition/Conservation
Illustrations of the Work
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Work of Art
Prints
Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
Untitled
, The British Museum
Exhibitions
Bangor, University College of North Wales, 4 April - 23 May 1925
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
Sir Brinsley Ford, 1908-1999
The Revd Richard Salwey Booth, 1762-1807
Marianne Booth, Lady Ford, 1767-1849
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 9: List of Wilson's Landscapes with Sizes and former Owners
Part of a sketchbook
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