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    Banks of the Tiber (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)

    Banks of the Tiber (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
    Banks of the Tiber (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
    Banks of the Tiber (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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    Artist
    James Gandon (1742-1823) after Wilson
    Title
    Banks of the Tiber (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
    Date
    Published 29 January 1776
    Medium
    Etching
    Dimensions
    Metric: Spine: 254 mm; sheet: 248 x 343 mm; plate: 184 x 257 mm
    Imperial: Spine: 10 in.; sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 1/2 in.; plate: 7 1/4 x 10 1/8 in.
    Collection
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven. To license images click here
    Accession Number
    B1977.14.21011(e)
    Wilson Online Reference
    E36
    Description
    View of a river with a figure walking past a tree on the path in the left middle ground, about to pass a man sitting at the roadside. There is another figure in a boat below and buildings on the opposite bank.
    Provenance
    Acquired 1977
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below the image with title and production detail: 'R. Wilson del', 'Jas. Gandon sc'
    Related Prints
    E72/21 Thomas Hastings after Wilson, On the River Tiber, near Rome, The British Museum
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    Object ID: 49690
    Bibliography
    Booth Notes Doc. 7; Edwards 1808, p. 88; T.J. Mulvany, The Life of James Gandon, Esq. 1846, facsimile reprint ed. M. Craig, 1969, pp. 191-92
    Link to WG Constable Archive Record
    WGC/1/1/130
    Condition/Conservation
    Bound with eleven other 'original views' in an old leather binding with 'Views of Rome' imprinted on the spine but lacking a title page. Spine of the binding: 254 mm (10 in.)

    Work of Art

    Prints

    • Thomas Hastings after Wilson, On the River Tiber, near Rome, The British Museum

    Versions

    • James Gandon (1742-1823)after Wilson, Banks of the Tiber, Royal Academy of Arts, London

    Biographies

    • James Gandon (1742-1823)
    • Paul Mellon (1907-1999)

    Documents

    • Edward Edwards, Anecdotes of Painters who have resided or been born in England; with critical Remarks on their Productions
    • Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 6: List of Engravers after Wilson and Biographical Notes
    • Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 7: List of Prints after Wilson's Paintings
    This print is part of the "Twelve Etchings of Views in Italy Yale Center for British Art" sketchbook
    View sketchbook pages
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