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View from the Back of St Peter's, Rome
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View from the Back of St Peter's, Rome
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Private Collection / Photograph by John Hammond
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
View from the Back of St Peter's, Rome
Date
c.1752-56 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk, heightened with white, on brownish paper
Dimensions
285 x 426 mm
Dimensions
11 3/16 x 16 3/4 in.
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Collection
Private Collection, England
Accession Number
BB49
Wilson Online Reference
D209
Description
The view shows a section of Rome from outside the city to the south with the buildings of the Vatican prominent against the sky at the centre. In the foreground are two standing figures, perhaps intended as monks, and one seated on a laden donkey.
The view shows a section of Rome from outside the city to the south with the buildings of the Vatican prominent against the sky at the centre. In the foreground are two standing figures, perhaps intended as monks, and one seated on a laden donkey.
Exhibited
Exeter 1946 (10); Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester, <i>British Artists in Europe</i>, 1973 (1, repr.); Conwy 2009 (8)
Exeter 1946 (10); Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester,
British Artists in Europe
, 1973 (1, repr.); Conwy 2009 (8)
Provenance
Thomas Hudson; Benjamin Booth; his son, the Revd R.S. Booth; Elizabeth Booth and Marianne Booth (later Lady Ford); thence by descent
Thomas Hudson; Benjamin Booth; his son, the Revd R.S. Booth; Elizabeth Booth and Marianne Booth (later Lady Ford); thence by descent
Signature/inscription
Signed in monogram, lower left: RW. [the R reversed]
Signed in monogram, lower left: RW. [the R reversed]
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Collectors' marks
Verso inscriptions
[1] Benjamin Booth, pencil: from Hudson's Colln | was purchased at His Auction | B.B. [2] In Revd R.S. Booth's hand: R. Booth
[1] Benjamin Booth, pencil: from Hudson's Colln | was purchased at His Auction | B.B.
[2] In Revd R.S. Booth's hand: R. Booth
Mount inscriptions
[1] Recto lower left in pencil: Mr Hudson's collection Wm Dashwood [?]
[1] Recto lower left in pencil: Mr Hudson's collection Wm Dashwood [?]
Labels
[1] Verso: Bookplate of Richard Ford with the Ford coat of arms and in ink his signature and the title, <span class="italic">View from the Back of St Peter's</span>
[1] Verso: Bookplate of Richard Ford with the Ford coat of arms and in ink his signature and the title,
View from the Back of St Peter's
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Bibliography
Walpole Society 1998-I, pp. 20-21, BB49; Lord 2009, p. 50
Walpole Society 1998-I, pp. 20-21, BB49; Lord 2009, p. 50
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Updated by Compiler
26/04/2016
26/04/2016
Work of Art
Exhibitions
Conwy, Royal Cambrian Academy, 24 October - 23 December 2009
Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 7 March - 5 April 1946
Biographies
Benjamin Booth, 1732-1807
Captain Thomas Hastings, 1778-1854
Richard Ford, 1796-1858
Sir Brinsley Ford, 1908-1999
Elizabeth Booth, 1763-1819
Marianne Booth, Lady Ford, 1767-1849
Sir Richard Ford, 1758-1806
Thomas Hudson, 1701-1779
Sir Francis Clare Ford, 1828-1899
Captain Richard Ford, 1860-1940
Documents
Peter Lord,
Richard Wilson. Life & Legacy
Brinsley Ford and other authors,
The Ford Collection
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