Untitled (The Head of Lake Nemi)

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Untitled (The Head of Lake Nemi)
Untitled (The Head of Lake Nemi)
Untitled (The Head of Lake Nemi)
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
Thomas Hastings after Wilson
Title
Untitled (The Head of Lake Nemi)
Date
1823
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Metric: 140 x 174 mm (trimmed)
Imperial: 5 1/2 x 6 7/8 in. (trimmed)
Accession Number
1878,0713.4583
Wilson Online Reference
E72/30A
Description
View of a lake from a hillside, with a man and two women on a rock in the centre foreground. A shepherd is herding sheep on the distant shore below to the left and a large house can be seen behind, partly obscured by trees. Fields and other buildings are visible in the distance, with mountains beyond.
Provenance
Bought through Edward Daniell, 53 Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square, London, 1878
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image: 'The Original is in the Possession of Lady Ford. | - about 28 Inches by 23 -'; production details and publication line: 'Painted by R. Wilson.' ' Etched by T. Hastings 1823.'
Page numbered lower left and lower right: 30
Related Drawings
D387/1 Lake Scene, Private Collection, England
Versions
See 'Links' tab
Related Paintings
NWP101B Ascribed to Wilson, The Head of Lake Nemi, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven (Lady Ford's painting) and other versions
Bibliography
Hastings 1825, repr.; WGC p. 207 under pl. 92a; Yule 2015, pp. 60 & 69
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
Condition/Conservation
Trimmed
Updated by Compiler
2015-12-09 00:00:00