A View in Italy

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A View in Italy
A View in Italy
A View in Italy
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
James Roberts (1725-1799) after Wilson
Title
A View in Italy
Date
1765
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Metric: 340 x 428 mm
Imperial: 13 3/4 x 16 7/8 in.
Accession Number
1852,1116.544
Wilson Online Reference
E16
Description
Landscape with two figures conversing with a monk on the shore of a lake in the foreground beside an open antique coffin. A third man is seen pulling a net out of the water to the right. There is a fishing boat with a net cast beyond, with ruins in the centre across the water, a castle on the hill in the background and a tree framing the scene on the right.
Provenance
Purchased from George E. Mason, Russell Street, London, 1852
Signature/inscription
Lettered below image with title, production detail: 'Richd. Wilson pinxit', 'James Roberts sculpsit' and publication line: 'Publish'd by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, London, 1765'
Numbered in lower left corner: 'No. 2'
Versions
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Related Paintings
P122 Lake Avernus - I, Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool
P122A Ascribed to Wilson, Lake Avernus - I, York Art Gallery
P122C Lake Avernus - I, Private Collection, Wales
P122D Lake Avernus - I, Galerie Hans, Hamburg
P122E Lake Avernus - I , Magdalen College, Oxford
P122F Lake Avernus - I , Private Collection
P122H Lake Avernus - I, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Bibliography
Booth Notes Doc. 6; Booth Notes Doc. 7; Edwards 1808, p. 88