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    Grant 1945
    Author
    Col. Maurice Harold Grant
    Title/Description
    'Richard Wilson's Niobe'
    Publisher
    The Burlington Magazine
    Country
    London, UK
    Date of Publication
    February 1945
    Printed/Manuscript
    Secondary published
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    Vol. 86, no. 503, pp. 44-47. This short article discusses in flowery language the relationship between versions and copies of P90 together with related prints E11 and E54. It concludes that P90A was the first version of the composition and P90B the 'fourth and last.'
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    Work of Art

    Prints

    • William Sharp (1749-1824) and Samuel Smith (1745-1810)after Wilson, Niobe, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    • William Woollett (1735-1785)after Wilson, Niobe, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
    • William Woollett (1735-1785)after Wilson, Niobe, The British Museum
    • William Woollett (1735-1785)after Wilson, Niobe, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • William Woollett (1735-1785)after Wilson, Niobe, Royal Academy of Arts, London
    • William Sharp (1749-1824) and Samuel Smith (1745-1810)after Wilson, Niobe, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

    Paintings

    • 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) The Destruction of Niobe's Children, ex-National Gallery; destroyed 1944
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Destruction of the Children of Niobe, Private Collection at Ashridge, England
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