Untitled (Lake and Castle)

Untitled (Lake and Castle)
Untitled (Lake and Castle)
Untitled (Lake and Castle)
National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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Artist
Thomas Hastings after Wilson
Title
Untitled (Lake and Castle)
Date
Published December 1821
Medium
Etching on India paper laid down
Dimensions
Metric: 230 x 290 mm (sheet size)
Imperial: 9 1/16 x 11 3/8 in. (sheet size)
Accession Number
NMW A 5987
Wilson Online Reference
E72/15A
Description
A landscape with a lake and buildings on a hilltop on the shore in the centre background. A man reclines cross-legged under trees in the foreground left with a large basket on his arm.
Provenance
Given by Major F. Treharne James, 1917
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image: 'The Original is in the Possession of Lady Ford', production details and publication line: 'Painted by R. Wilson | 1772 | Etched by THastings | and published Decr 1821'
Verso inscriptions
[1] Pencil, lower edge, centre, inverted; 142/24
[2] Pencil, lower edge, right: NMWA 5987
Mount inscriptions
[1] Pencil, lower right: 17.84
Versions
'See Links tab'
Related Paintings
Richard Wilson, Lake and Castle ('Villa Adriana'), location unknown (Ford sale, Christie's, 14 June 1929 (17), bt Agnew; R.W. Lloyd in 1953)
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
17.84
17.157
1917.3
Bibliography
Hastings 1825, repr.; WGC, p. 205 under pl. 85a; Yule 2015, pp. 60 & 69
Condition/Conservation
Needs surface clean
Updated by Compiler
2015-12-09 00:00:00