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    River: Boys fishing (A Backwater of the Severn) (Landscape with…

    River: Boys fishing (A Backwater of the Severn) (Landscape with…
    River: Boys fishing (A Backwater of the Severn) (Landscape with…
    River: Boys fishing (A Backwater of the Severn) (Landscape with…
    Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    River: Boys fishing (A Backwater of the Severn) (Landscape with Figures resting by a Lake)
    Date
    Later 1760s
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    Metric: 36.2 x 44 cm
    Imperial: 14 1/4 x 17 5/16 in.
    Collection
    Private Collection, England
    Accession Number
    BB36
    Wilson Online Reference
    P188
    Description
    Three figures are seen on a river-bank, one boy fishing, one lying down and a girl standing, with trees and a wooden fence opposite on the right and landscape in the background
    Exhibited
    Weston 2011 (32); Gainsborough House 2014 (unnumbered)
    Provenance
    Robert Ford; his daughter, Mrs Rogers; Lionel Edwards of Penrose; bequeathed to Joanna Lady Ford, the niece of his wife, 1961
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Related Prints
    E62 William Pengree Sherlock after Wilson, Landscape with three Figures on a River-bank, one fishing, The British Museum [in reverse]
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    Critical commentary
    Stylistically one of Wilson's later works. Although the traditional title for this composition and other versions has often identified the setting as the River Severn no documentary evidence for such a location has so far come to light.
    Bibliography
    [Not listed in WGC]; Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 19, BB36; Williams 2011, p. 43

    Work of Art

    Prints

    • William Pengree Sherlock after Wilson, Three figures on a River-bank, one fishing, The British Museum

    Versions

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) A Backwater of the Severn (Landscape with Figures resting by a Lake) (River: Boys fishing), Newport Museum and Art Gallery
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) A Backwater of the Severn (Landscape with Figures resting by a Lake) (River: Boys fishing), Private Collection, UK

    Exhibitions

    • Weston Park, The Granary Art Gallery, 2 April - 3 July 2011
    • Sudbury, Gainsborough's House, 11 January - 31 May 2014

    Documents

    • Brinsley Ford and other authors, The Ford Collection
    • Gareth Williams, Masterpieces from the Ford Collection
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