Evening

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Evening
Evening
Evening
National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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Artist
Samuel William Reynolds after Wilson
Title
Evening
Date
Published 2 April 1824
Medium
Mezzotint on paper
Dimensions
Metric: 185 x 236 mm (sight size)
Imperial: 7 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.(sight size)
Accession Number
NMW A 5996
Wilson Online Reference
E74A
Description
Extensive landscape, with a group of figures on a high bank in the foreground. A couple can be seen dancing, a man is playing the flute, another man is seated on the grass and a woman holding a child is standing among them. There are trees on the left and right and a view of a long stretch of a river, with a bridge and mountains in the background seen against an evening sky.
Provenance
Given by Major F. Treharne James, 1918
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image with the title ('Evening.') and 'From a picture in the possession of Frederick Perkins Esqr. | Gems of Art, Plate 12' published April 2nd. 1824. by W B Cooke 9 Soho Square'; production details: 'Painted by R. Wilson R.A.' 'Engraved by S.W. Reynolds'
Related Prints
E73 Samuel William Reynolds after Wilson, Morning, The British Museum
Versions
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Related Paintings
P177 Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), River Mouth with Peasants Dancing (Mediterranean Coastal Landscape at Dusk), Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Neue Pinakothek, Munich
P177A Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), River Mouth with Peasants Dancing, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
P177F Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), River Mouth with Peasants dancing ('Evening'), Private Collection
Critical commentary
Plate 12 of Gems of Art: Forming a Choice Collection Engraved from Pictures of Acknowledged Excellence, Beauty, & Variety, Painted by Esteemed Masters of All Ages and Countries', published by William Bernard Cooke, 9, Soho Square, in 1824.
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
18.54(?)
1918.3
Bibliography
A. Whitman, Samuel William Reynolds, 1903, p. 122, cat. 464, III
Condition/Conservation
Scratched-letter state. Good condition, though with some surface dirt