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    Pompey's Bridge at Terni (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)

    Pompey's Bridge at Terni (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
    Pompey's Bridge at Terni (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
    Pompey's Bridge at Terni (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
    Pompey's Bridge at Terni (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
    Date
    1776 (undated)
    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(j)
    Wilson Online Reference
    E41
    Description
    Oblique view of an old stone bridge with four figures, two reaching over the side and the others in the right foreground. Behind is a square tower with adjoining buildings and beyond, a mountain.
    Provenance
    Acquired 1977
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below the image with title and production detail: 'R. Wilson del.', 'Ja. Gandon sc.'
    Subject
    The architect Domenico Fontana (1543-1607) was appointed to build a new bridge at Terni to replace a dangerous older one over the River Nera. Pope Paul V inaugurated this in 1611 and his arms appear in the centre of the bridge together with inscriptions recording that the people of Terni replaced the original, ruined by age, at their own expense and named the new bridge Ponte Paolo in his honour. The bridge was rebuilt after the bombardment of the Second World War.
    Critical commentary
    Terni was one of the last stops on Wilson's journey from Venice to Rome in the company of William Lock in 1751-52. (See for example D61 The Cascade at Terni, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven). However, no related drawing or painting of the bridge by Wilson is known.
    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
    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.)
    Updated by Compiler
    19/07/2017

    Work of Art

    Versions

    • James Gandon (1742-1823)after Wilson, Pompey's Bridge at Terni, The British Museum
    • James Gandon (1742-1823)after Wilson, Pompey's Bridge at Terni, The British Museum
    • James Gandon (1742-1823)after Wilson, Pompey's Bridge at Terni, Royal Academy of Arts, London
    • James Gandon (1742-1823)after Wilson, Pompey's Bridge at Terni, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • James Gandon (1742-1823)after Wilson, Pompey's Bridge at Terni, National Museum Wales, Cardiff

    Biographies

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

    Documents

    • 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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