Lake Nemi

Lake Nemi
Lake Nemi
Lake Nemi
Tate, London 2014
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Lake Nemi
Date
c.1752-56 (undated)
Medium
Black, white and yellow chalk, stump and brown ink on buff laid paper, inlaid onto cream card
Dimensions
Metric: 277 x 420 mm
Imperial: 10 7/8 x 16 1/2 in.
Accession Number
T09302
Wilson Online Reference
D105A
Description
The view is down onto Lake Nemi, which lies in the hollow of wooded shores, with buildings on steep heights to the left and on the opposite side towards the right. In the foreground are two figures on a rock and a stone-pine with cypresses far right.
Provenance
Dr Monro; William Esdaile; A.P. Oppé; purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, 1996
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; inscribed:
[1] Ink, lower left corner: 60
[2] Ink, lower right corner: WE
Collectors' marks
[1] Recto lower right, pen: WE. [William Esdaile, Lugt 2617]
Verso inscriptions
[1] Upper centre, graphite or chalk perhaps in Wilson's hand: Lake of Nemi
[2] Below the above, in broad brown ink: L 10Ls
Versions
See 'Links' tab
Related Works by Other Artists
[1] Francis Towne (1739-1816): The Lake of Nemi, watercolour, 1781, The British Museum (Nn,3.4)
[2] Joseph Wright of Derby, Lake Nemi, 1790-95, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven.
The view was painted by many British artists after Wilson, including Thomas Jones and William Pars.
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
682
Bibliography
WGC, p. 206, pl. 91b; Spencer-Longhurst 2012, pp. 63-64, fig. 35
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
Condition/Conservation
Good condition overall
Updated by Compiler
2016-02-02 00:00:00