The White Monk (Untitled)

The White Monk (Untitled)
The White Monk (Untitled)
The White Monk (Untitled)
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
Samuel Middiman (1750-1831) after Wilson
Title
The White Monk (Untitled)
Date
c.1817-18
Medium
Etching and engraving on chine collé
Dimensions
Metric: 171 x 325 mm
Imperial: 6 3/4 x 12 in.
Accession Number
2006,U.1073
Wilson Online Reference
E70
Description
Landscape with two pilgrims praying at a wooden cross on rocks at the left and a waterfall. In the right foreground two women sit beneath a tree, one turning to look at a figure passing on horseback in the centre. There is a town across the lake in the left background.
Provenance
Acquired 1848
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image: 'R Wilson S. Middiman'
Related Prints
E17 James Roberts after Wilson, The White Monk (Untitled), The British Museum (1872,0511.391) and other impressions
E68 Anonymous after Wilson, The White Monk (Stafford Gallery), c. 1818, The British Museum (1860,0211.611) and other impressions
E72/22 Thomas Hastings after Wilson, The White Monk, The British Museum and other impressions
Related Paintings
P146 The White Monk - III, Private Collection, Ireland and other versions
Critical commentary
Proof illustration to catalogue of the collection of the Marquis of Stafford. c.1818
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
1848,1125.474