On the River Tiber, near Rome.

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On the River Tiber, near Rome.
On the River Tiber, near Rome.
On the River Tiber, near Rome.
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
Thomas Hastings after Wilson
Title
On the River Tiber, near Rome.
Date
Published 1822
Medium
Etching on chine collé
Dimensions
Metric: 180 x 229 mm
Imperial: 7 1/16 x 9 in.
Accession Number
1854,0708.78
Wilson Online Reference
E72/21
Description
Two women are seen on the high bank of the Tiber in the foreground at the right, a cow stands in the water drinking at the centre and a boat is seen behind. There is a road meandering through trees at a higher level to the left and buildings stand at intervals on the opposite bank.
Provenance
Bought from George Willis, Piazza, Covent Garden, 1854
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image with the title, 'The Original is in the Possession of Lady Ford F1.6 by F1.3'; production details and publication line: 'R. Wilson. RA pt.' 'Etched by T. Hastings | publd. in London 1822'
Page numbered lower right: 22
Related Prints
E36 James Gandon after Wilson, Twelve Etchings of Views in Italy - Banks of the Tiber, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven and other impressions
Critical commentary
From a series of forty etchings after paintings by Richard Wilson and additional title page, bound in a volume in red tooled leather with gold decorative border, lettered on the spine with 'Wilson's | Etchings | by | Hastings'; the title page lettered in black and red: 'Etchings, | from the Works | of | [ facsimile of signature below portrait] Ric. Wilson | with Some Memoirs of his Life, &c. | by Thomas Hastings, Esq. | Collector of His Majesty's Customs. | "Non Ductus Officio Sed Amore Operis." Quintillian. | Published by Hurst, Robinson & Co. Cheapside, London. | Johnson, Typ. Apollo Press, 1825. Brook Street, Holborn'; containing twenty pages of Introductory and Concluding Remarks by the etcher, including descriptions of Richard Wilson's original paintings.
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
PRA324430
Bibliography
Hastings 1825, p. 19, repr.; WGC, p. 221 under pl. 113a; Yule 2015, pp. 60 & 69
More Information
George Willis was an antiquarian book dealer, who occasionally published books and prints. His firm was active from 1832-1856 and sold many prints to the British Museum. In 1856 it merged with Thomas Sotheran to become Willis & Sotheran.
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2015-12-09 00:00:00