On Hounslow Heath

On Hounslow Heath
On Hounslow Heath
On Hounslow Heath
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Artist
Thomas Hastings after Wilson
Title
On Hounslow Heath
Date
Published 1820
Medium
Etching on medium, slightly textured, peach wove paper
Dimensions
Metric: 124 x 162 mm
Imperial: 4 7/8 x 6 3/8 in.
Accession Number
B1977.14.16595
Wilson Online Reference
E72/1B
Description
View on Hounslow Heath, with a woman seated on a rock in the foreground at the left, other figures in the distance and two cattle standing at the right on the bank of the River Crane. There are trees on an island at the centre middle ground with a windmill in the distance at the right.
Provenance
Acquired 1977
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image:
[1] Lower left: 'R Wilson pinxit | RA'
[2] Lower centre:. 'The Original in the Possession of Lady Ford of Gloucester Place. | ON HOUNSLOW HEATH.'
[3] Lower right: 'T.Hastings fecit | 1820'
Related Drawings
D360 A View of On Hounslow Heath, Private Collection, UK, c/o Lowell Libson Ltd
Versions
See 'Links' tab
Related Paintings
P131 On Hounslow Heath, Tate, London (Lady Ford's painting) and other versions
Critical commentary
In his introduction to Etchings from the Works of Ric. Wilson, with some Memoirs of his Life &c., Hastings says 'Paul Sandby was with Richard Wilson at the time the Sketch was made for the subject of Hounslow Heath' (p. 9). However it is unclear whether this refers to a drawing, an independent sketch in oil or the lay-in for the finished picture.
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
Object ID: 33833
Bibliography
Hastings 1825, p. 9. repr.; WGC, p. 178 under pl. 39b; Yule 2015, pp. 60 & 69
Condition/Conservation
Unmounted. Laid down with others on card. Good condition.
Updated by Compiler
2015-12-09 00:00:00