P61, P87 and P87A together with a pastoral by Francesco Zuccarelli form part of a set of four paintings at Wilton House in identical rococo-style carved and gilded wooden frames. George Richardson in his 'Aedes Pembrochianae' (London 1774) mentions a 'Landscape by Wilson', which could be any of the first three.
Stephen Lloyd has noted that the miniaturist Richard Cosway (1742-1821) had a picture by Wilson of a Fallen Oak in his collection at Schomberg House. His 1791 private contract sale catalogue cites 'A large tree thrown by a storm across a road, and forming an arch, through which is seen a wood and figures.- This was painted at Rome, in Wilson's best time - he has introduced the date of the picture, as if carved on a tree.' (no. 31, p. 39). Apart from the mention of a road and a date the description seems close to the present work. There is no mention of the picture in the 1820 manuscript inventory of 20 Stratford Place but Maria Cosway took it to the Girls' School that she founded in Lodi, where it was mentioned in 1833 in a guidebook to the town by Cleto Porro, Guida della regia Citta di Lodi, compilata per uso de' forestieri: 'Collegio di S. Maria delle Grazie - Gran tronco di quercia caduto, bel paesaggio di Wuilson'. (pp. 20-21). The fate of that painting after Maria's death in 1838 is unknown.
