Banks of the Tiber

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Banks of the Tiber
Banks of the Tiber
Banks of the Tiber
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
James Gandon (1742-1823) after Wilson
Title
Banks of the Tiber
Date
Undated
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Metric: 176 x 260 mm
Imperial: 6 1/4 x 10 15/16 in.
Accession Number
1863,0725.628
Wilson Online Reference
E36B
Description
View of a river with a figure walking on the path in the left foreground, about to pass a man sitting at the roadside. There is a figure in a boat below and buildings on the opposite bank.
Provenance
John Kalergi (d. 1863); his sale, Sotheby's 24-25 July 1863; bt through Edward Daniell, 53 Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square, London, 1863
Signature/inscription
Lettered below image with title and production detail: 'R. Wilson del', 'Jas. Gandon sc'
Related Prints
E72/21 Hastings after Wilson, On the River Tiber, near Rome, The British Museum
Versions
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Bibliography
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
E36B is one of the few extant impressions of this etching (along with E36 & E36A) 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.
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2025-05-05 00:00:00