Hadrian's Villa

Hadrian's Villa
Hadrian's Villa
Hadrian's Villa
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
James Carter (1798-1855) after Wilson
Title
Hadrian's Villa
Date
Published November 1850
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Metric: 328 x 248 mm
Imperial: 12 15/16 x 9 3/4 in.
Accession Number
1872,1012.2016
Wilson Online Reference
E83
Description
A house to the left built on top of Roman brick arches with two figures in the centre foreground. There are goats beneath the arch and a figure on the balcony above, with washing hanging out and a stream on the left.
Provenance
Edward Daniell, 53 Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square, London, from whom purchased, 1872
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image with the title and 'R. WILSON R.A. PAINTER' 'J. CARTER ENGRAVER.' | 'FROM THE PICTURE IN THE VERNON GALLERY.' | 'SIZE OF THE PICTURE | 1FT. 2 IN. BY 0 FT. 10 IN.' 'PRINTED BY W. DAY'; publication line: 'LONDON PUBLISHED FOR THE PROPRIETORS.'
Related Drawings
D170 The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea
D170A Hadrian's Villa, Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery
Related Paintings
P138 The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Tate, London (the Vernon painting) and other versions
Critical commentary
The print was an illustration to an accompanying anonymous article, 'The Vernon Gallery: Hadrian's Villa' in The Art Journal, 1850, p. 356 (see also E85 E88 and E91). In 1854 it featured with a two-page text in S.C. Hall's 3-volume catalogue of the Vernon Gallery (see Bibliography).
Bibliography
The Art Journal, vol. 12, November 1850, p. 356; vol. 17, October 1855, pp. 283-84; S.C. Hall ed., The Vernon Gallery, vol. 2, 1854, no. 4 (unpaginated); R. K. Engen, Dictionary of Victorian Engravers, Print Publishers and Their Works, 1979, p. 43
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
More Information
James Carter (1798-1855) was a line engraver, apprenticed to the architectural engraver Tyrrel, whose style he first adopted. He engraved plates for the popular annuals and other publications including the Art Journal.
Updated by Compiler
2018-03-09 00:00:00