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Apollo and the Seasons
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The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
William Woollett (1735-1785) and Benjamin Thomas Pouncy after Wilson and John Hamilton Mortimer
Title
Apollo and the Seasons
Date
Published 1 December 1779
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
444 x 552 mm
Dimensions
17 1/2 x 21 3/4 in.
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The British Museum.
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Accession Number
1875,0710.3764
Wilson Online Reference
E47A
Description
To the left the god Apollo plays his lyre on Mount Olympus, raising his right hand towards the Seasons or Horae, four female figures who dance in a circle in the centre. Two putti sit blowing bubbles nearby. In a landscape with an overgrown temple and framing tree to the right, an extensive river or lake is the dominant feature, with mountains in the background and a square tower on the left bank in the middle distance.
To the left the god Apollo plays his lyre on Mount Olympus, raising his right hand towards the Seasons or Horae, four female figures who dance in a circle in the centre. Two putti sit blowing bubbles nearby. In a landscape with an overgrown temple and framing tree to the right, an extensive river or lake is the dominant feature, with mountains in the background and a square tower on the left bank in the middle distance.
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Lettered below the image: [1] 'Landskip Painted by R. Wilson, Figures by Mr. Mortimer.' [2] 'Engraved by W. Woollett & B Pouncy.' [3] 'Engraved from an Original Picture, Painted by R. Wilson and J. Mortimer. [4] ' LONDON. Printed for R. SAYER & J. BENNETT, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 1st. December 1779'
Lettered below the image:
[1] 'Landskip Painted by R. Wilson, Figures by Mr. Mortimer.'
[2] 'Engraved by W. Woollett & B Pouncy.'
[3] 'Engraved from an Original Picture, Painted by R. Wilson and J. Mortimer.
[4] ' LONDON. Printed for R. SAYER & J. BENNETT, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 1st. December 1779'
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E24 Richard Earlom and Robert Sayer after Wilson, <i>Apollo and the Nymphs</i>, Royal Academy of Arts, London E24A Richard Earlom and Robert Sayer after Wilson, <i>Apollo and the Nymphs</i>, National Museum Wales, Cardiff E24B Richard Earlom and Robert Sayer after Wilson, <i>Apollo and the Nymphs</i>, The British Museum
E24 Richard Earlom and Robert Sayer after Wilson,
Apollo and the Nymphs
, Royal Academy of Arts, London
E24A Richard Earlom and Robert Sayer after Wilson,
Apollo and the Nymphs
, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
E24B Richard Earlom and Robert Sayer after Wilson,
Apollo and the Nymphs
, The British Museum
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Related Paintings
P164 <i>Apollo and the Seasons</i>, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge P164A <i>Apollo and the Seasons</i>, Indianapolis Museum of Art
P164
Apollo and the Seasons
, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
P164A
Apollo and the Seasons
, Indianapolis Museum of Art
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Bibliography
Edwards 1808, p. 88; Fagan 1885, p. 44, cat. XCVI, 4th State; WGC, pp. 93-94, 96, 167, pl. 26a (version 2); Wilson and Europe 2014, pp. 133-36, fig. 113
Edwards 1808, p. 88; Fagan 1885, p. 44, cat. XCVI, 4th State; WGC, pp. 93-94, 96, 167, pl. 26a (version 2); Wilson and Europe 2014, pp. 133-36, fig. 113
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
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09/02/2017
09/02/2017
Work of Art
Prints
Richard Earlom after Wilson,
Apollo and the Nymphs
, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Richard Earlom and Robert Sayer after Wilson,
Apollo and the Nymphs
, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Richard Earlom after Wilson,
Apollo and the Nymphs
, The British Museum
Versions
William Woollett (1735-1785) and Benjamin Thomas Pouncy after Wilson and John Hamilton Mortimer,
Apollo and the Seasons
, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Paintings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Apollo and the Seasons
, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Apollo and the Seasons
, Indianapolis Museum of Art
Exhibitions
Biographies
William Woollett, 1735-1785
Robert Sayer, 1725-1794
Documents
William George Constable,
Richard Wilson
Martin Postle & Robin Simon,
Richard Wilson and the Transformation of European Landscape Painting
Edward Edwards,
Anecdotes of Painters who have resided or been born in England; with critical Remarks on their Productions
Part of a sketchbook
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