Near Rome

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Near Rome
Near Rome
Near Rome
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
Thomas Hastings after Wilson
Title
Near Rome
Date
1820
Medium
Etching on chine collé
Dimensions
Metric: 112 x 187 mm
Imperial: 4 3/8 x 7 3/8 in.
Accession Number
1881,0312.22
Wilson Online Reference
E72/2A
Description
A landscape near Rome, with a couple standing on a riverbank at the centre foreground. There are an ancient altar and stone block nearby at the right with steep rocks and trees on the far bank and mountains in the distance to the left.
Provenance
Donated by John Deffett Francis, 1881
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image: 'The Original Painting is in the Possession of Lady Ford | NEAR ROME'; production details: 'R. Wilson pinxit | 1768. | T. Hastings fecit | 1820.
Related Drawings
D172 A Roman Altar at Palestrina, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Versions
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Related Paintings
P156 Near Rome, Private Collection, England
Critical commentary
From a set of four etchings, sewn into white wrappers, sold by Colnaghi & Sons and published by Hurst, Robinson & Co.; one sheet with image cut and pasted onto the front wrapper, which is inscribed in pen and ink at the top: No 1 | Proofs - India | 5s' and signed below: 'J. Deffett Francis.' See also E72/1A On Hounslow Heath, E72/3A Lake of Albano, E72/4A Villa Emelia .
Bibliography
Hastings 1825, repr.; WGC, p. 221 under pl. 111b; Yule 2015, pp. 60 & 69
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
Updated by Compiler
2017-12-04 00:00:00