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Part of the Amphitheatre at Rome
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Part of the Amphitheatre at Rome
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The Trustees of the British Museum
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Thomas Hastings after Wilson
Title
Part of the Amphitheatre at Rome
Date
Published 1824
Medium
Etching on chine collé
Dimensions
210 x 170 mm
Dimensions
8 1/4 x 6 11/16 in.
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The British Museum.
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Accession Number
1854,0708.92
Wilson Online Reference
E72/35
Description
A view of part of an overgrown amphitheatre, with two men contemplating it through an arch in the right foreground, and hills in the left background
A view of part of an overgrown amphitheatre, with two men contemplating it through an arch in the right foreground, and hills in the left background
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Provenance
Bought from George Willis, Piazza, Covent Garden, 1854
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 2F 11 I. by F2 .5.'; production details and publication line: 'Painted by R. Wilson.' 'Etched by T. Hastings. | 1824.' Page numbered lower right: 35
Lettered below the image with the title, 'The Original is in the Possession of Lady Ford 2F 11 I. by F2 .5.'; production details and publication line: 'Painted by R. Wilson.' 'Etched by T. Hastings. | 1824.'
Page numbered lower right: 35
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D205 <i>Colosseum</i>, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York D232 <i>A Ruined Arch</i>, Private Collection, England
D205
Colosseum
, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
D232
A Ruined Arch
, Private Collection, England
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<i>Amphitheatre at Rome</i>, location unknown (formerly A. Ford collection, Cornwall); exh. London 1925 (28)
Amphitheatre at Rome
, location unknown (formerly A. Ford collection, Cornwall); exh. London 1925 (28)
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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.
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
PRA324728
PRA324728
Bibliography
Hastings 1825; WGC, p. 237 under pl. 143b; Yule 2015, pp. 60 & 69
Hastings 1825; WGC, p. 237 under pl. 143b; Yule 2015, pp. 60 & 69
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09/12/2015
09/12/2015
Work of Art
Drawings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Colosseum
, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
A Ruined Arch
, Private Collection, England
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Captain Thomas Hastings, 1778-1854
Marianne Booth, Lady Ford, 1767-1849
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Thomas Hastings,
Etchings from the Works of Ric. Wilson, with some Memoirs of his Life &c.
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