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Farm with a Pond (The Village Pond)
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Farm with a Pond (The Village Pond)
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National Museums Northern Ireland Collection Ulster Museum
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Farm with a Pond (The Village Pond)
Date
1776 or later
Medium
Oil on copper
Dimensions
17.8 x 21.6 cm
Dimensions
7 x 8 1/2 in.
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National Museums Northern Ireland Collection Ulster Museum. To license images click here.
Accession Number
BELUM.U2301
Wilson Online Reference
P185
Description
Exhibited
London, Cardiff and New Haven, 1982-83 (144)
London, Cardiff and New Haven, 1982-83 (144)
Provenance
With Arthur Tooth, London; 1938, Sir Hugh Walpole; Christie's 10 January 1947 (164), bt Tooth; Mrs F.L. Evans; Christie's 23 June 1972 (62), bt Leggatt; bt Ulster Museum
With Arthur Tooth, London; 1938, Sir Hugh Walpole; Christie's 10 January 1947 (164), bt Tooth; Mrs F.L. Evans; Christie's 23 June 1972 (62), bt Leggatt; bt Ulster Museum
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Painted on the verso of the copper plate used by Michael 'Angelo' Rooker for his original trial etching of Wilson's <span class="italic">The Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli</span>, which was published by Boydell in 1776.
Painted on the verso of the copper plate used by Michael 'Angelo' Rooker for his original trial etching of Wilson's
The Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli
, which was published by Boydell in 1776.
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W.G. Constable noted that a landscape with a cascade and a tower and bridge in the distance, catalogued as Wilson and also on copper (7 x 9 1/4 in.) was in the Benjamin West sale, Christie's, 23 June 1820 (5).
W.G. Constable noted that a landscape with a cascade and a tower and bridge in the distance, catalogued as Wilson and also on copper (7 x 9 1/4 in.) was in the Benjamin West sale, Christie's, 23 June 1820 (5).
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Critical commentary
The authorship of this painting has been the subject of doubt, largely in terms of its quality, small size and unusual support. However, in his last years, the indigent artist had little control over these. In the present case he re-used the back of a copper-plate etched by Michael 'Angelo' Rooker on the other side for E43 and other impressions after Wilson's <i>The Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli</i> (P137 and other versions). Solkin has remarked that so commonplace a scene provides a poignant reminder of Wilson's precipitous descent from the heights of his earlier Grand Style.
The authorship of this painting has been the subject of doubt, largely in terms of its quality, small size and unusual support. However, in his last years, the indigent artist had little control over these. In the present case he re-used the back of a copper-plate etched by Michael 'Angelo' Rooker on the other side for E43 and other impressions after Wilson's
The Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli
(P137 and other versions). Solkin has remarked that so commonplace a scene provides a poignant reminder of Wilson's precipitous descent from the heights of his earlier Grand Style.
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Bibliography
WGC, p. 177, pl. 38c; Solkin 1982, pp. 248-49
WGC, p. 177, pl. 38c; Solkin 1982, pp. 248-49
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
<a href="http://calmview.co.uk/paulmelloncentre/calmview/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=WGC%2f1%2f1%2f45" title="WGC/1/1/22" class="rewritten">WGC/1/1/22</a>
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11/05/2022
11/05/2022
Work of Art
Exhibitions
London, Tate Gallery, Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, and New Haven, Conn., Yale Center for British Art, 3 November 1982 - 19 June 1983
Biographies
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William George Constable,
Richard Wilson
David Solkin,
Richard Wilson: The Landscape of Reaction
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