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The Gypsies
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The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
Samuel Alken (1756-1815) after Wilson
Title
The Gypsies
Date
Published 22 July 1783
Medium
Aquatint and etching
Dimensions
254 x 360 mm
Dimensions
10 x 14 3/16 in.
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Collection
The British Museum.
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Accession Number
1877,0811.497
Wilson Online Reference
E50
Description
Landscape with two women, one pregnant and carrying a small child, standing in the right foreground beside two trees on a bank. Two men in conversation are seated on the grass in the middle distance. Beyond them is an open landscape with a lake, village and hills.
Landscape with two women, one pregnant and carrying a small child, standing in the right foreground beside two trees on a bank. Two men in conversation are seated on the grass in the middle distance. Beyond them is an open landscape with a lake, village and hills.
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Provenance
John Deffett Francis, 1877
John Deffett Francis, 1877
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image with title: 'THE GYPSIES', production detail: 'Painted by B. [sic] Wilson R.A.', 'Saml. Alken fecit' and publication line: 'London Publish'd July 22 1783 by I. R. Smith No. 83 Oxford Street.'
Lettered below the image with title: 'THE GYPSIES', production detail: 'Painted by B. [sic] Wilson R.A.', 'Saml. Alken fecit' and publication line: 'London Publish'd July 22 1783 by I. R. Smith No. 83 Oxford Street.'
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Collectors' marks
[1] Recto, lower centre: John Deffett Francis (Lugt 1447)
[1] Recto, lower centre: John Deffett Francis (Lugt 1447)
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Related Drawings
Related Prints
E72/5 Hastings after Wilson, <i>The Gypsies</i>, The British Museum (1854,0708.62)
E72/5 Hastings after Wilson,
The Gypsies
, The British Museum (1854,0708.62)
Versions
Related Paintings
P176 <i>Gypsies on a Road near Rome</i>, Private Collection, England P176A <i>Gypsies near the Entrance to a Wood</i>, Private Collection, England P176B <i>Gypsies on the Way to Rome</i>, Old Westbury Gardens, New York
P176
Gypsies on a Road near Rome
, Private Collection, England
P176A
Gypsies near the Entrance to a Wood
, Private Collection, England
P176B
Gypsies on the Way to Rome
, Old Westbury Gardens, New York
Related Works by Other Artists
Critical commentary
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
Bibliography
Booth Notes Doc. 6; Booth Notes Doc. 7
Booth Notes Doc. 6; Booth Notes Doc. 7
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
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Condition/Conservation
The sheet has been trimmed and pasted into an elaborate washline border
The sheet has been trimmed and pasted into an elaborate washline border
Illustrations of the Work
Updated by Compiler
10/08/2017
10/08/2017
Work of Art
Prints
Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
The Gypsies
, The British Museum
Paintings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Gypsies on a Road near Rome
, Private Collection, England
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) and Studio,
Gypsies near the Entrance to a Wood
, Anglesey Abbey, Cambridge
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Gypsies on the Way to Rome
, Old Westbury Gardens, New York
Exhibitions
Biographies
Captain Thomas Hastings, 1778-1854
John Deffett Francis, 1815-1901
Samuel Alken, 1756-1815
Documents
Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 6: List of Engravers after Wilson and Biographical Notes
Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 7: List of Prints after Wilson's Paintings
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