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    The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini

    The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini
    The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini
    The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini
    Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini
    Date
    1751 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk
    Dimensions
    Metric: 190 x 267 mm
    Imperial: 7 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.
    Collection
    Private Collection, England
    Accession Number
    RF67
    Wilson Online Reference
    D41A
    Description
    Three figures appear on the bridge with another figure perhaps washing clothes under the right arch. Another figure is seen at a greater distance through the left arch. Buildings appear in the distance beyond both arches.
    Exhibited
    Exeter 1946 (38 - Two Arches of a Stone Bridgew); Gainsborough House 2014 (unnumbered)
    Provenance
    William Lock of Norbury; his sale, Sotheby's, London 3-7 May 1821; Marianne Ford; thence by descent
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Subject
    The Ponte d'Augusto, built by the Emperor Augustus, leads out of Rimini near the triumphal arch (also dedicated to him), across the River Marecchia, to the ancient Via Emilia linking Rimini and Bologna. (Cf. D43 The Arch of Augustus at Rimini, Private Collection, England).
    Related Drawings
    D43 The Arch of Augustus at Rimini, Private Collection, England
    D46 The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
    Related Prints
    E38 Joseph Farington, Twelve Etchings of Views in Italy - Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, 1776, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven and other impressions
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    Related Paintings
    P82 Private Collection, Yorkshire
    P82A Dunedin Art Gallery, New Zealand
    P82C Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
    Critical commentary
    This is one of a series of drawings made by Wilson during his journey from Venice to Rome in the winter of 1751 in the company of William Lock and Thomas Jenkins. Another drawing of the bridge showing three arches is at Tate, London (see 'Related Drawings'). Lock acquired both drawings from artist. Wilson painted several versions of the view himself and it was repeated by others.
    Bibliography
    Ford 1951, p. 52 under pl. 7; WGC, pp. 211-12, pl. 99a; Wapole Society 1998-I, p. 70, RF67

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

    Prints

    • Joseph Farington (1747-1821) after Wilson, Twelve Etchings of Views in Italy - Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    • Joseph Farington (1747-1821) after Wilson, Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, The British Museum
    • Joseph Farington (1747-1821) after Wilson, Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, The British Museum
    • Joseph Farington (1747-1821) after Wilson, Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Royal Academy of Arts, London

    Versions

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Tate, London

    Paintings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Private Collection, Yorkshire
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (Roman Bridge at Rimini), Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand
    • Ascribed to Wilson, Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

    Exhibitions

    • Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 7 March - 5 April 1946
    • Sudbury, Gainsborough's House, 11 January - 31 May 2014

    Biographies

    • William Lock 'of Norbury' (1732-1810)
    • Richard Ford (1796-1858)
    • Sir Brinsley Ford (1908-1999)
    • Marianne Booth, Lady Ford (1767-1849)
    • Sir Francis Clare Ford (1828-1899)
    • John G. Ford (-1917)

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
    • Brinsley Ford, The Drawings of Richard Wilson
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