On the Bay of Baiae - Italy

On the Bay of Baiae - Italy
On the Bay of Baiae - Italy
On the Bay of Baiae - Italy
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
Thomas Hastings after Wilson
Title
On the Bay of Baiae - Italy
Date
Published October 1822
Medium
Etching on chine collé
Dimensions
Metric: 176 x 226 mm
Imperial: 6 15/16 x 8 7/8 in.
Accession Number
1854,0708.81
Wilson Online Reference
E72/24
Description
View from a rocky hill, with four women and a dog in the foreground at the left, a round tower and a house behind, and the Bay of Baiæ in the background on the right
Provenance
Bought from George Willis, Piazza, Covent Garden, 1854
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image with the title, 'The Original is in the Possession of Lady Ford. - Length 22 Inches by 17 Inches in Breadth'; production details and publication line: 'Painted by R. Wilson _ RA' 'Etched by T. Hastings | and pubd. in London Oct: 1822.'
Page numbered lower right: 24
Related Paintings
Richard Wilson, View in Italy (On the Bay of Baiae) Private Collection, England
Critical commentary
From a series of forty etchings after paintings by Richard Wilson and additional title page, bound in a volume in red tooled leather with gold decorative border, lettered on the spine with 'Wilson's | Etchings | by | Hastings'; the title page lettered in black and red: 'Etchings, | from the Works | of | [ facsimile of signature below portrait] Ric. Wilson | with Some Memoirs of his Life, &c. | by Thomas Hastings, Esq. | Collector of His Majesty's Customs. | "Non Ductus Officio Sed Amore Operis." Quintillian. | Published by Hurst, Robinson & Co. Cheapside, London. | Johnson, Typ. Apollo Press, 1825. Brook Street, Holborn'; containing twenty pages of Introductory and Concluding Remarks by the etcher, including descriptions of Richard Wilson's original paintings.
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
PRA324454
Bibliography
Hastings 1825, repr.; WGC, p. 196 under pl. 73b; Yule 2015, pp. 60 & 69
More Information
George Willis was an antiquarian book dealer, who occasionally published books and prints. His firm was active from 1832-1856 and sold many prints to the British Museum. In 1856 it merged with Thomas Sotheran to become Willis & Sotheran.
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2015-12-09 00:00:00