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A Roman Relief showing a Poultry Shop
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Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
A Roman Relief showing a Poultry Shop
Date
c.1752-53 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk, heightened with white, on blue-grey paper
Dimensions
114 x 197 mm
Dimensions
4 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.
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Collection
Private Collection, England
Accession Number
RF81
Wilson Online Reference
D227
Description
Exhibited
London 1925 (88A); Exeter 1946 (22 - <i>Classical Frieze</i>); Tercentenary 2014 (31)
London 1925 (88A); Exeter 1946 (22 -
Classical Frieze
); Tercentenary 2014 (31)
Provenance
<span class="underline">William Lock of Norbury</span>; his sale, Sotheby's, London 3-7 May 1821; Marianne Ford; thence by descent
William Lock of Norbury
; his sale, Sotheby's, London 3-7 May 1821; Marianne Ford; thence by descent
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Techniques and materials
Collectors' marks
Verso inscriptions
[1] In Wilson's hand: [m]ontibus umbrae lustrabunt [convexa]
[1] In Wilson's hand: [m]ontibus umbrae lustrabunt [convexa]
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The original stone relief (now in the Torlonia Collection, Rome) was, in Wilson's day, in the collection of Cardinal Albani in the Casino of the Villa Albani, Via Salaria, Rome.
The original stone relief (now in the Torlonia Collection, Rome) was, in Wilson's day, in the collection of Cardinal Albani in the Casino of the Villa Albani, Via Salaria, Rome.
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Related Drawings
D319 <i>Fontana dello Scoglio</i>, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
D319
Fontana dello Scoglio
, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
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Critical commentary
Such an apparently commonplace subject might seem unusual for Wilson. However, the relief bears an inscription from Virgil's <i>Aeneid</i>, Book 1, Line 607, which no doubt caught the imagination of the artist, whose knowledge of Latin literature was remarked on at the time. Three Latin words written by Wilson on the reverse of the drawing are taken from this inscription, which in turn forms part of the speech of Aeneas to Dido in the first book of the <i>Aeneid</i>, lines 595-610. It may be translated as '[while] the shadows of the mountains move in procession round the curves of the valleys' [and continues in translation as:] while the sky feeds the stars, your honour, your name and your praise will remain for ever in every land to which I am called.' Wilson had an introduction to Cardinal Albani when he arrived in Rome and through this seems to have gained access to the cardinal's collections as well as other areas of Rome inaccessible to most, such as the Pope's private gardens (cf. D319 <i>Fontana dello Scoglio</i>, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery).
Such an apparently commonplace subject might seem unusual for Wilson. However, the relief bears an inscription from Virgil's
Aeneid
, Book 1, Line 607, which no doubt caught the imagination of the artist, whose knowledge of Latin literature was remarked on at the time. Three Latin words written by Wilson on the reverse of the drawing are taken from this inscription, which in turn forms part of the speech of Aeneas to Dido in the first book of the
Aeneid
, lines 595-610. It may be translated as '[while] the shadows of the mountains move in procession round the curves of the valleys' [and continues in translation as:] while the sky feeds the stars, your honour, your name and your praise will remain for ever in every land to which I am called.' Wilson had an introduction to Cardinal Albani when he arrived in Rome and through this seems to have gained access to the cardinal's collections as well as other areas of Rome inaccessible to most, such as the Pope's private gardens (cf. D319
Fontana dello Scoglio
, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery).
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
Bibliography
S. Reinach, <span class="italic">Répertoire des Reliefs</span>, III, Paris 1912, p. 346; Ford 1951, p. 54, pl. 16; Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 71, RF81; Wilson and Europe 2014, p. 226
S. Reinach,
Répertoire des Reliefs
, III, Paris 1912, p. 346; Ford 1951, p. 54, pl. 16; Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 71, RF81; Wilson and Europe 2014, p. 226
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Work of Art
Drawings
Fontana dello Scoglio
, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
Exhibitions
Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 7 March - 5 April 1946
New Haven, Yale Center for British Art & Cardiff, Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, 6 March - 29 October 2014
Biographies
William Lock 'of Norbury', 1732-1810
Richard Ford, 1796-1858
Sir Brinsley Ford, 1908-1999
Marianne Booth, Lady Ford, 1767-1849
Sir Francis Clare Ford, 1828-1899
John G. Ford, -1917
Documents
Brinsley Ford,
The Drawings of Richard Wilson
Martin Postle & Robin Simon,
Richard Wilson and the Transformation of European Landscape Painting
Brinsley Ford and other authors,
The Ford Collection
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