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View of Tivoli (Tivoli and the Great Cascade)
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View of Tivoli (Tivoli and the Great Cascade)
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Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
View of Tivoli (Tivoli and the Great Cascade)
Date
c.1753-56 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk and stump heightened with white on grey paper
Dimensions
238 x 366 mm
Dimensions
9 7/16 x 14 3/8 in.
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Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. To license image, click here.
Accession Number
WA1939.94
Wilson Online Reference
D98
Description
The falls of Tivoli are shown with buildings and trees on either side, apparently viewed from the Ponte San Rocco, looking across the torrent and emphasising the beauty and power of the surging water. The town of Tivoli lies beyond and the cathedral with its tower to left of the centre.
The falls of Tivoli are shown with buildings and trees on either side, apparently viewed from the Ponte San Rocco, looking across the torrent and emphasising the beauty and power of the surging water. The town of Tivoli lies beyond and the cathedral with its tower to left of the centre.
Exhibited
London 1925 (82); Manchester 1925 (48); London, Cardiff and New Haven, 1982-83 (33)
London 1925 (82); Manchester 1925 (48); London, Cardiff and New Haven, 1982-83 (33)
Provenance
Benjamin Booth; Lady (Marianne) Ford; thence by descent; Captain Richard Ford; Christie's 17 June 1929 (2), bt Parsons (14 guineas); purchased 1939
Benjamin Booth; Lady (Marianne) Ford; thence by descent; Captain Richard Ford; Christie's 17 June 1929 (2), bt Parsons (14 guineas); purchased 1939
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
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Mount inscriptions
Inscribed in brown ink on the back of the old mount: [1] Wilson [2] Marianne Ford
Inscribed in brown ink on the back of the old mount:
[1] Wilson
[2] Marianne Ford
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Related Drawings
D98A Ascribed to Wilson, <i>The Falls of Tivoli</i>, The British Museum
D98A Ascribed to Wilson,
The Falls of Tivoli
, The British Museum
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Related Works by Other Artists
[1] Jacob Philipp Hackert, <i>View of the Cascata Grande at Tivoli</i>, 1769, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome [2] Joseph Denis (1755-1813), <span class="italic">The Cascades at Tivoli with an Artist sketching</span>, Gere Collection, on loan to the National Gallery, London
[1] Jacob Philipp Hackert,
View of the Cascata Grande at Tivoli
, 1769, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome
[2] Joseph Denis (1755-1813),
The Cascades at Tivoli with an Artist sketching
, Gere Collection, on loan to the National Gallery, London
Critical commentary
One of a group of Wilson drawings formerly in the Ford Collection and purchased directly from the artist by Lady (Marianne) Ford's father, Benjamin Booth
One of a group of Wilson drawings formerly in the Ford Collection and purchased directly from the artist by Lady (Marianne) Ford's father, Benjamin Booth
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
1891
1891
Bibliography
Brown 1982, p. 661, no. 1891, pl. 542; Solkin 1982, p. 162
Brown 1982, p. 661, no. 1891, pl. 542; Solkin 1982, p. 162
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Drawings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
The Falls of Tivoli
, The British Museum
Versions
Ascribed to Wilson,
The Falls of Tivoli
, The British Museum
Exhibitions
London, Tate Gallery, Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, and New Haven, Conn., Yale Center for British Art, 3 November 1982 - 19 June 1983
London, National Gallery, Millbank (Tate Gallery), 26 June - 30 September 1925
Manchester City Art Gallery, 22 October - 5 December 1925
Biographies
Benjamin Booth, 1732-1807
Marianne Booth, Lady Ford, 1767-1849
Documents
David Solkin,
Richard Wilson: The Landscape of Reaction
David Blayney Brown,
Catalogue of the Collection of Drawings in the Ashmolean Museum, Volume IV: The Earlier British Drawings, British Artists and Foreigners working in Britain born before c.1775
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