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    Booth Notes Doc. 5
    Author
    Benjamin Booth
    Title/Description
    Unpublished Notes, Document 5: List of Wilson's Works with Owners
    Publisher
    Unpublished manuscript
    Country
    London, UK
    Printed/Manuscript
    Primary unique
    Source Institution
    Private Collection, England
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    An unnumbered manuscript list of Wilson's works on a torn, unfolded laid foolscap sheet, recto and verso, watermarked 'GR' (p. 1) and Britannia (p. 2) but undated.
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    [Page 1] Works of Rd Wilson's Niobe ----- in collection of Duke of Gloucester [P90] Niobe ------------do --------- D of Bridgwater [P90A] [Inserted:] Niobe ^like to Sr. G. Beaumont [two illegible words] Do -- Sir John Leicester\ [P90D] Phaeton do---------[= D of Bridgewater] [P119A] Sion House from his park --do--- D Northumberland - [deleted word] [unlocated] Cicero at Tusculum -------- do ---Sr. Watkin Wm. Wynne [P162A] Dinas Bran w^th\ } Langollen & Bridge} ------- do -------------- Do [P165] Llangollen Vale -------------- do-------------- Do [P166] Snowdon ^engd by Woollet\ do-------------- Do [unlocated] Cader Ydris --------------------- do--------------- Do [?P179] 2 small views in Wales ---------- do------------- Do [P170 & P171] [Word erased] a Storm ^engd by Roberts\ --do---Peter Delme Seneca at his Villa ------------------------------- do---Robt. Ledger Maecenas' Villa ----------------------------------- do---John Purling -- [deleted: 2/-] Lake of Albano ^now 1790 Mr Booth's\ & others. do -- Hulse [P118B] Cicero at Tusculum engd by Woollet -- Sr. Jn. Smith 2/- [P162] Niobe------- }Collection of Sr. Geo. Beaumont } NB. The 4 pictures underneath mentd. } were in Royal Exhibition 1774 }No. 314. a View from Castello Gondolfo towd. } Rome. including the Alban Lake - Monte } Cavo. the Campania di Roma. [deleted: Ending] ^ending| } with Monte Soracte & the Sabine Hills } 315 the Cataract of Niagara. [P178] ^NB\ this Picture } was painted from the Drawing taken on } the spot by Coll. Hamilton it has been } engraved by Hearne. } 316 a View of Cader Idris Mountains in ^No: Wales\} } 317 Oakhampton Castle in Devonshire } built by Baldwin de Bryone before the Conquest [P173] } Collection of Oldfield Bowles } [Faint pencil:] See 2 other papers with a } List of Mr Wilson's paintings } sent to Exhibitions from } 1761 to 1773 ---------- [Page 2] Colln of Sir Patrick Blake Oakhampton Castle } ------- do --- Phillips of Cornwall [?NWP174A] in Devon? } Several more --------------- do---------------Do----- Tabley in Cheshire -- do -- Sr Jno Leicester sent [?] in the Royal Exh^n\ 1780} A View in Windsor Great Park } sent [?] in Royal Exh^n\. 1778 -} do--------------- The Passage of the Alps at Mount Cenis } a View [deleted: of] ^from\ Muswell Hill w^th\. Minchenden H.} (D. of Chandos) the Lake of Nemi } the Hermitage at St Marino } the above 4 were in the Royal Exh. 1775. } [opposite the preceding bracketed four:] {Apollo & the Seasons {a Landscape w^th\ Gypsies {a View in St James's Park {a Review on Wimbleton Common {The above 4 were in the Royal Exhibition 1779 Ceyx & Alcione (engraved by Woollet). Colln. of Celadon and Amelia -- engd by d---- Do. Wm. Locke Sion House from ye Thames [P88D] } Temple Bacchus -------------- } Temple Venus painted for E Penny } Vew in Italy painted at Rome ------- } View in Italy - late Sr G Colebrook } Do-------- late -----do--------- } View in Wales ----------------------- } a Temple in Ruins & View of Bay of} } Naples painted for E Penny -}- [P92A]} il Teatro. Villa Madama ------------- [P91D]} Speculum Dianae (Lake Nemi) [P81] } Ben Booth Villa Aemiliana near Rome } } painted for P. Sandby- } [P117] } Gypsies in Wood with the ---- } } Subterranean Cavern 15 m from} } Rome. paint^d\ for Do. --- } [P176]} a View of Rme from Pont Mola .. [P64A]} a View of Campagna from the} } Sibyl's Temple ----} [P142C]} a View in Italy with a ruined } } Bridge & circular Temple} } a View of Lake Albano near Rome } a View Italy - large Firs in Front } & Figures in Shadow by a Road- } [Page 3] Lake Nemi [deleted: 'a Sketch'] ----------}- a View of an Italian Villa } } from a Convent Garden } } in Coll^n.\ of Dr. Woolcot a Setting Sun ----------------------------- } a View in Kew Gardens [P109] -------- }- and several more ----------------------} ------- ---- Do. John Hunter ------- ---- Do. Sr. Wm. Chambers. ------- ---- Do. Witton, Hamersmith ------- ---- Do. Arnold - Greenwich ------- ---- Do. Mitchell ------- ---- Do. Harman a View. painted at Rome -------} Temple of Venus ----------------- } Temple of Minerva Medica } Paul Sandby. a Storm [D369?] ------------------} Adrian's Villa. painted for Epeny } -- JFarrington Maecenas's _ Do painted for Epeny } a View in Italy ^6 Feet by 4 Feet 8 Inches\ --------------------- Gardner a Storm. (a Sketch) ------------- Malchair. Oxon_ a View of the Foundling Hospital [P18] a do. ----of----------do. [P19]} ^now\ at the Hospital painted for the Governors } Meleager & Atalanta [P163] engraved by Woollet } Apollo & the Seasons } R.Sayer. Richmond. engraved by Woollet } a View from the Tiber ------------------------------- a View of [deleted: an Italian] ^Caesarini\ Villa } } [inserted:] ^Jensano and its Lake\ } } from a Convent Garden [P72] } } late Parsons'. now 1790 and Others ----------------------------------------------- } in Mr Booths Colln. Ceyx & Alcione [P157]-----------------------------------}------- Ryland engrav'd by Woollet} The Falls of Niagara in N. America [P178] ------------------- eng^d\ by Byrne [Page 4] a View of ye Ruin'd Temple on Strada Nomentana} {Mrs. Cath French's a do. of Temple Venus at Baya -------------------} {of Hampton Court {painted for her on NB. The above Pair of Landscapes were {the Recommendation of like mine - only smaller ab^t.\ 12 by 10 Inch {Dr. Robert Bragge sold at Mrs French's sale at Christie's Rooms 12 March 1791 - for 24 guineas to a Mr Birch of Stanhope Street who boasts he shou'd have given as much more for them sooner than any one else should have had 'em --- a View in Windsor Forest Ld Albermarle } introduced descending Hill in a Phaeton } E Albermarle a Warm Sun setting [P112] - I have the sketch. } [Lower left in pencil, turned through 90 degrees: 'RW' (large, the R inverted in ligature)]
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    Work of Art

    Paintings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Valley of the Mawddach, with Cader Idris beyond, Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Phaeton's Petition to Apollo, Private Collection
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Okehampton Castle, Devonshire, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Meleager and Atalanta, Tate, London
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Falls of Niagara, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Syon House from Richmond Gardens - II - Evening, Private Collection, England
    • Imitator of Wilson, The Head of Lake Nemi, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Kew Gardens: The Pagoda and Palladian Bridge, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) View near Wynnstay, the Seat of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Destruction of the Children of Niobe, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) A View of the Tiber with Rome in the Distance (Rome from the Ponte Molle), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Lake Nemi, Figures Bathing, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Dinas Bran from Llangollen - I, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Destruction of Niobe's Children, ex-National Gallery; destroyed 1944
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) A View in the Villa Chigi at Ariccia (Sandpit and Ruins in Glade) (A Woodland Glade with Ruins), Faringdon Collection Trust, Buscot Park, National Trust
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Cicero with his Friend Atticus and Brother Quintus at his Villa at Arpinum, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
    • Style of Wilson, Landscape with River and Ruins, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Cicero with his Friend Atticus and Brother Quintus at his Villa at Arpinum, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Tivoli: Temple of the Sibyl and the Campagna - I (Tivoli and the Roman Campagna with a Man and Woman), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Villa Emiliana near Rome, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Foundling Hospital, London, The Foundling Museum, London
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) St George's Hospital, London, The Foundling Museum, London
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Near Rome, Private Collection, England
    • Studio of Wilson, Apollo destroying the Children of Niobe, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Ceyx and Alcyone, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) View in Windsor Great Park (Richmond Park: Penn Ponds), National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Tabley House, Cheshire, Tabley House Collection Trust, Cheshire
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) River, Sea Coast and circular Ruin, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Lake Nemi and Genzano from the Terrace of the Capuchin Monastery, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Garden of the Villa Madama, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Destruction of the Children of Niobe, Private Collection at Ashridge, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Lake Albano (Composite Landscape with Lake Albano and Vesuvius), The Provost and Fellows of Eton College
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Sandpit in a Glade (Landscape in the Villa Chigi, Ariccia), Private Collection, England

    Drawings

    • Ascribed to Wilson, Study for Landscape, Destruction of Niobe's Children, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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