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The Gypsies
The Gypsies
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Artist
Samuel Alken (1756-1815) after Wilson
Title
The Gypsies
Date
Published 22 July 1783
Medium
Aquatint and etching
Dimensions
Metric: 254 x 360 mm
Imperial: 10 x 14 3/16 in.
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Collection
The British Museum.
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Accession Number
1877,0811.497
Wilson Online Reference
E50
Description
Landscape with two women, one pregnant and carrying a small child, standing in the right foreground beside two trees on a bank. Two men in conversation are seated on the grass in the middle distance. Beyond them is an open landscape with a lake, village and hills.
Provenance
John Deffett Francis, 1877
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image with title: 'THE GYPSIES', production detail: 'Painted by B. [sic] Wilson R.A.', 'Saml. Alken fecit' and publication line: 'London Publish'd July 22 1783 by I. R. [John Raphael] Smith No. 83 Oxford Street.'
Collectors' marks
[1] Recto, lower centre: John Deffett Francis (Lugt 1447)
Related Prints
E72/5 Hastings after Wilson,
The Gypsies
, The British Museum (1854,0708.62)
Related Paintings
P176
Gypsies on a Road near Rome
, Private Collection, England
P176A
Gypsies near the Entrance to a Wood
, Private Collection, England
P176B
Gypsies on the Way to Rome
, Old Westbury Gardens, New York
Bibliography
Booth Notes Doc. 6; Booth Notes Doc. 7
Condition/Conservation
The sheet has been trimmed and pasted into an elaborate washline border
Updated by Compiler
2017-08-10 00:00:00
Work of Art
Prints
Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
The Gypsies
, The British Museum
Paintings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Gypsies on a Road near Rome
, Private Collection, England
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) and Studio,
Gypsies near the Entrance to a Wood
, Anglesey Abbey, Cambridge
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Gypsies on the Way to Rome
, Old Westbury Gardens, New York
Biographies
Captain Thomas Hastings (1778-1854)
John Deffett Francis (1815-1901)
Samuel Alken (1756-1815)
Documents
Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 6: List of Engravers after Wilson and Biographical Notes
Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 7: List of Prints after Wilson's Paintings