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Tall Trees
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Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Tall Trees
Date
c.1752-53 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk and stump with white highights on beige paper
Dimensions
401 x 267 mm
Dimensions
15 3/4 x 10 1/2in.
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Collection
Private Collection, England
Accession Number
BB48
Wilson Online Reference
D202
Description
Exhibited
Brighton 1920; London 1934 (1138); Exeter 1946 (7 - <i>Tall Trees, Vale of Baiae</i>); Birmingham 1948-49 (103); London 1949 (102); Arts Council 1951 (214); Paris 1953 (89); London 1968 (660); Kenwood 1974 (149); Conwy 2009 (9); Tercentenary 2014 (29)
Brighton 1920; London 1934 (1138); Exeter 1946 (7 -
Tall Trees, Vale of Baiae
); Birmingham 1948-49 (103); London 1949 (102); Arts Council 1951 (214); Paris 1953 (89); London 1968 (660); Kenwood 1974 (149); Conwy 2009 (9); Tercentenary 2014 (29)
Provenance
Mercati, Marylebone; bt Benjamin Booth October 1788; his son, the Revd S. Booth; his sisters, Elizabeth Booth and Marianne Booth, later Lady Ford; thence by descent
Mercati, Marylebone; bt Benjamin Booth October 1788; his son, the Revd S. Booth; his sisters, Elizabeth Booth and Marianne Booth, later Lady Ford; thence by descent
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[1] MS inscription by Benjamin Booth: I purchased this drawing of Mercati in Marylebone High St, Oct. 1788. B.B. [2] MS inscription: Marianne
[1] MS inscription by Benjamin Booth: I purchased this drawing of Mercati in Marylebone High St, Oct. 1788. B.B.
[2] MS inscription: Marianne
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D285 <i>River Scene by Moonlight (Lake Scene)</i>, Private Collection, England
D285
River Scene by Moonlight (Lake Scene)
, Private Collection, England
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Critical commentary
Drawn in Italy at a time when Wilson was collecting a stock of motifs for future inclusion in his landscape paintings and under the influence of contemporary French artists working in Rome, a period during which he evolved a confident and elegant style. This is emphasised by the generous dimensions of the sheet which imply that the artist considered such studies important.
Drawn in Italy at a time when Wilson was collecting a stock of motifs for future inclusion in his landscape paintings and under the influence of contemporary French artists working in Rome, a period during which he evolved a confident and elegant style. This is emphasised by the generous dimensions of the sheet which imply that the artist considered such studies important.
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
Bibliography
Booth MS; Commemorative Catalogue 1934 (583, pl. CXLV); Ford 1951, frontispiece and pp. 27, 51; Festival 1951, p. 68; Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 20, BB48; Lord 2009, p. 50, no. 9, repr. p. 36; Wilson and Europe 2014, p. 225
Booth MS; Commemorative Catalogue 1934 (583, pl. CXLV); Ford 1951, frontispiece and pp. 27, 51; Festival 1951, p. 68; Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 20, BB48; Lord 2009, p. 50, no. 9, repr. p. 36; Wilson and Europe 2014, p. 225
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John Ruskin was later to express a low opinion of Wilson's tree technique, which he described as 'two pronged barbarousness', adding that he would be found 'continually laughing at Wilson's tree painting; not because Wilson could not paint but because he had never looked at a tree.'
John Ruskin was later to express a low opinion of Wilson's tree technique, which he described as 'two pronged barbarousness', adding that he would be found 'continually laughing at Wilson's tree painting; not because Wilson could not paint but because he had never looked at a tree.'
Condition/Conservation
Illustrations of the Work
Updated by Compiler
02/01/2018
02/01/2018
Work of Art
Drawings
River Scene by Moonlight (Lake Scene)
, Private Collection, England
Exhibitions
Birmingham City Art Gallery, 17 November 1948 - 9 January 1949
London, Tate Gallery, 22 January - 14 March 1949
Brighton, Fine Art Galleries, 28 February - 2 May 1920
Conwy, Royal Cambrian Academy, 24 October - 23 December 2009
London, Kenwood House, Iveagh Bequest, 8 June - 27 August 1974
Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie des Tuileries, February - April 1953
London, Royal Academy, 6 January - 17 March 1934
London, Royal Academy, 14 December 1968 - 2 March 1969
Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 7 March - 5 April 1946
London, Festival of Britain, 1951
New Haven, Yale Center for British Art & Cardiff, Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, 6 March - 29 October 2014
Biographies
Benjamin Booth, 1732-1807
Captain Thomas Hastings, 1778-1854
Richard Ford, 1796-1858
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
John Ruskin, 1819-1900
Sir Francis Clare Ford, 1828-1899
Captain Richard Ford, 1860-1940
Documents
Peter Lord,
Richard Wilson. Life & Legacy
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
Brinsley Ford,
Three Centuries of British Water-Colours and Drawings
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