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Panoramic View of San Marino
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Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Panoramic View of San Marino
Date
1751 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk on three sheets of white paper
Dimensions
193 x 812 mm
Dimensions
7 5/8 x 32 in.
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Collection
Private Collection, England
Accession Number
RF65
Wilson Online Reference
D47
Description
Before an extensive landscape of the ancient republic of San Marino, an artist (presumed to be Wilson himself) is shown drawing in the company of a gentleman, presumed to be his patron and travelling companion, William Lock of Norbury.
Before an extensive landscape of the ancient republic of San Marino, an artist (presumed to be Wilson himself) is shown drawing in the company of a gentleman, presumed to be his patron and travelling companion, William Lock of Norbury.
Exhibited
London, Cardiff and New Haven, 1982-3 (18); Gainsborough House 2014 (unnumbered)
London, Cardiff and New Haven, 1982-3 (18); Gainsborough House 2014 (unnumbered)
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
Inscribed in Wilson's hand, upper left: S.M.
Inscribed in Wilson's hand, upper left: S.M.
Techniques and materials
The rough appearance of the drawing suggests that it was taken in haste during the journey from Venice to Rome
The rough appearance of the drawing suggests that it was taken in haste during the journey from Venice to Rome
Collectors' marks
Verso inscriptions
[1] Slight sketch on verso of the right-hand sheet of a postilion riding the left of two horses, seen from behind as if by passengers in a coach
[1] Slight sketch on verso of the right-hand sheet of a postilion riding the left of two horses, seen from behind as if by passengers in a coach
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Subject
The tiny landlocked republic of San Marino is nine miles south of Rimini on the north-eastern side of the Apennine Mountains.
The tiny landlocked republic of San Marino is nine miles south of Rimini on the north-eastern side of the Apennine Mountains.
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D45 <i>San Marino, Italy</i>, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens (66.2)
D45
San Marino, Italy
, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens (66.2)
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Critical commentary
This is the largest and the most ambitious of the drawings Wilson made on his journey from Venice to Rome. It comprises three sheets joined to give a panoramic aspect. The two figures in the left foreground, one of them drawing, presumably represent or refer to Wilson himself and William Lock his companion - the only example of figures of the artist and this patron in Wilson's entire oeuvre. A smaller and slighter sketch by Wilson of San Marino, showing part of the capital itself, is D45 (The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California).
This is the largest and the most ambitious of the drawings Wilson made on his journey from Venice to Rome. It comprises three sheets joined to give a panoramic aspect. The two figures in the left foreground, one of them drawing, presumably represent or refer to Wilson himself and William Lock his companion - the only example of figures of the artist and this patron in Wilson's entire oeuvre. A smaller and slighter sketch by Wilson of San Marino, showing part of the capital itself, is D45 (The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California).
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Bibliography
Constable 1954, p. 144, fig.12; Solkin 1982, p. 156; Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 70, RF65
Constable 1954, p. 144, fig.12; Solkin 1982, p. 156; Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 70, RF65
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Illustrations of the Work
Updated by Compiler
05/03/2021
05/03/2021
Work of Art
Drawings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
San Marino, Italy
, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Garden
Exhibitions
London, Tate Gallery, Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, and New Haven, Conn., Yale Center for British Art, 3 November 1982 - 19 June 1983
Sudbury, Gainsborough's House, 11 January - 31 May 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
William George Constable,
Richard Wilson
David Solkin,
Richard Wilson: The Landscape of Reaction
William George Constable, 'Richard Wilson: Some Pentimenti'
Brinsley Ford and other authors,
The Ford Collection
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