On the Thames.

On the Thames.
On the Thames.
On the Thames.
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
Thomas Hastings after Wilson
Title
On the Thames.
Date
Published 1823
Medium
Etching on chine collé
Dimensions
Metric: 177 x 233 mm
Imperial: 7 x 9 3/16 in.
Accession Number
1854,0708.88
Wilson Online Reference
E72/31
Description
A view of the Thames, with two men on the bank under a tree in the foreground at right and bathers in the water nearby. A rider with two horses proceeds along the riverbank at the centre. On the river is a sailing boat with figures and behind on the opposite bank, Marble Hill House, partly obscured by trees.
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. - 35 1/2 In. by 24. In. -';, production details and publication line: 'Painted by R. Wilson.' 'Etched by T. Hastings | 1823.'
Page numbered lower right: 31.
Related Paintings
P89 The Thames near Marble Hill, Twickenham, Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery (Lady Ford's painting) and other versions
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
PRA324516
Bibliography
Hastings 1825, repr.; WGC p. 187 under pl. 57a; Yule 2015
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.
Updated by Compiler
2018-01-08 00:00:00