Banks of the Tiber (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)

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Banks of the Tiber (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
Banks of the Tiber (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
Banks of the Tiber (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Artist
James Gandon (1742-1823) after Wilson
Title
Banks of the Tiber (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
Date
Undated
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Metric: Spine: 254 mm; sheet: 248 x 343 mm; plate: 184 x 257 mm
Imperial: Spine: 10 in.; sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 1/2 in.; plate: 7 1/4 x 10 1/8 in.
Accession Number
B1977.14.21011(e)
Wilson Online Reference
E36
Description
View of a river with a figure walking past a tree on the path in the left middle ground, about to pass a man sitting at the roadside. There is another figure in a boat below and buildings on the opposite bank.
Provenance
Acquired 1977
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image with title and production detail: 'R. Wilson del', 'Jas. Gandon sc'
Related Prints
E72/21 Thomas Hastings after Wilson, On the River Tiber, near Rome, The British Museum
Versions
See 'Links' tab
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
Object ID: 49690
Bibliography
Booth Notes Doc. 7; Edwards 1808, p. 88; T.J. Mulvany, The Life of James Gandon, Esq. 1846, facsimile reprint ed. M. Craig, 1969, pp. 191-92
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
More Information
E36 is one of the few extant impressions of this etching (along with E36A & E36B) to lack Boydell's publication line. This may indicate that, together with other prints in the series Twelve Original Views in Italy, it was first commissioned by Wilson with a view to publication himself, and only later passed or sold to Boydell when Wilson was hard pressed for cash.
Condition/Conservation
Bound with eleven other 'original views' in an old leather binding with 'Views of Rome' imprinted on the spine but lacking a title page. Spine of the binding: 254 mm (10 in.)
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2025-05-05 00:00:00