View from the Back of St Peter's, Rome

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Artist

Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)

Title

View from the Back of St Peter's, Rome

Date

c.1752-56 (undated)

Medium

Black chalk, heightened with white, on brownish paper

Dimensions

Metric: 285 x 426 mm
Imperial: 11 3/16 x 16 3/4 in.

Collection

Private Collection, England

Accession Number

BB49

Wilson Online Reference

D209

Description

The view shows a section of Rome from outside the city to the south with the buildings of the Vatican prominent against the sky at the centre. In the foreground are two standing figures, perhaps intended as monks, and one seated on a laden donkey.

Exhibited

Exeter 1946 (10); Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester, British Artists in Europe, 1973 (1, repr.); Conwy 2009 (8)

Provenance

Thomas Hudson; Benjamin Booth; his son, the Revd R.S. Booth; Elizabeth Booth and Marianne Booth (later Lady Ford); thence by descent

Signature/inscription

Signed in monogram, lower left: RW. [the R reversed]

Verso inscriptions

[1] Benjamin Booth, pencil: from Hudson's Colln | was purchased at His Auction | B.B.
[2] In Revd R.S. Booth's hand: R. Booth

Mount inscriptions

[1] Recto lower left in pencil: Mr Hudson's collection Wm Dashwood [?]

Labels

[1] Verso: Bookplate of Richard Ford with the Ford coat of arms and in ink his signature and the title, View from the Back of St Peter's

Bibliography

Walpole Society 1998-I, pp. 20-21, BB49; Lord 2009, p. 50

Updated by Compiler

26/04/2016

View from the Back of St Peter's, Rome

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