Evening

Evening
Evening
Evening
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (Felton Bequest, 1926)
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Artist
Samuel William Reynolds after Wilson
Title
Evening
Date
Published 2 April 1824
Medium
Mezzotint
Dimensions
Metric: 261 x 339 mm
Imperial: 10 1/4 x 13 3/8 in.
Accession Number
2101/3
Wilson Online Reference
E74D
Description
Extensive landscape, with a group of figures on a high bank in the foreground. A couple can be seen dancing, a man is playing the flute, another man is seated on the grass and a woman holding a child is standing among them. There are trees on the left and right and a view of a long stretch of a river, with a bridge and mountains in the background seen against an evening sky.
Provenance
Felton Bequest 1926
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image with the title ('Evening.') and 'From a picture in the possession of Frederick Perkins Esqr. | Gems of Art, Plate 12' published April 2nd. 1824. by W B Cooke 9 Soho Square'; production details: 'Painted by R. Wilson R.A.' 'Engraved by S.W. Reynolds'
Related Prints
E73 Samuel William Reynolds after Wilson, Morning, The British Museum
Versions
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Another impression is at the National Museum Wales, Cardiff (NMW A 5995)
Related Paintings
P177 Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), River Mouth with Peasants Dancing (Mediterranean Coastal Landscape at Dusk), Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Neue Pinakothek, Munich
P177A Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), River Mouth with Peasants Dancing, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
P177F Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), River Mouth with Peasants dancing ('Evening'), Private Collection
Bibliography
A. Whitman, Samuel William Reynolds, 1903, p. 122, cat. 464, II
Condition/Conservation
Scratched-letter state. Has old brown tape at the top, a stamp at the lower left and light foxing overall.