Italian Sketchbook - Drawings pp. 0(v) and 1(r)

Italian Sketchbook - Drawings pp. 0(v) and 1(r)
Italian Sketchbook - Drawings pp. 0(v) and 1(r)
Italian Sketchbook - Drawings pp. 0(v) and 1(r)
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) & William Hodges (1744-1797)
Title
Italian Sketchbook - Drawings pp. 0(v) and 1(r)
Date
1754
Medium
Graphite, with white and black chalk on medium, rough, blued white wove paper, bound in vellum
Dimensions
Metric: 281 x 210 mm
Imperial: 11 1/16 x 8 1/4 in.
Accession Number
B1977.14.359 ic & r1
Wilson Online Reference
D280/0
Provenance
Oldfield Bowles; given to Sir George Beaumont, 1784; thence by descent until 1963, when sold to Paul Mellon
Signature/inscription
Incriptions on fly-leaf 1(r):
[1] Pen and brown ink upper centre: 'Studies by R. Wilson | at Rome 1754'
[2] Black chalk, centre: 'Brockwell Bushes near Mr. Broc | kmans in Kent'
[3] Brown ink, lower centre: 'The gift of O. Bowles | to his Dear friend | Sir George Beaumont | Decr. ['r' in superscript] 2d. ['d' in superscript] 1784
Inscribed at end of volume by the artist:
'Questo Libro e de Monsu Wilson a la Caffe delli Inglesi nella Piazza de Spagnia Roma'
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
Object ID: 6363
Bibliography
Sutton & Clements 1968
More Information
Only two sketchbooks by Wilson have survived - the present one (D280-D280/33) and D53-D53/81 Studies and Designs by R. Wilson done in Rome in the Year MDCCLII, Victoria & Albert Museum, London (E.3586-1922).The English Coffee House, situated on the Piazza di Spagna, served as a gathering place for the British community in Rome. For the first part of his lengthy stay there, Wilson resided on the Piazza and apparently adopted the cafe itself as his headquarters.