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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Italian Sketchbook - Drawings p. 13(v) Study of Trees near Water with Figures p. 14(r) Study of a Woman reclining on a Bed
    Date
    1754
    Medium
    Graphite with black and white chalk on medium, rough, blued white wove paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 281 x 210 mm (each sheet)
    Imperial: 11 1/16 x 8 1/4 in. (each sheet)
    Collection
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven. To license images click here
    Accession Number
    B1977.14.359 v13 & r14
    Wilson Online Reference
    D280/13
    Description
    The left page depicts what appears to be a picnic taking place under trees near water. On the right page a girl in peasant costume reclines on a bed or bench in what is probably a grotto.
    Exhibited
    Oxford 1937 (64); New Haven, English Landscape, 1977 (15); London, Cardiff and New Haven, 1982-83 (39)
    Provenance
    Oldfield Bowles; given to Sir George Beaumont, 1784; thence by descent until 1963; Colnaghi & Co., London; sold to Paul Mellon
    Signature/inscription
    13(v) inscribed lower right: 24.4.P.
    14(r) inscribed in black chalk upper left: [...]onardo of Camassea [?]
    Subject
    The identity of the woman remains unknown but she is in a similar pose to one of the lovers under the tree in D280/26 p. 27(r)
    Related Drawings
    D280/8 Italian Sketchbook, p. 9(r)
    D280/26 Italian Sketchbook, p.27(r)
    Critical commentary
    13(v): Clements noted that the inscription '24.4.P' might refer to a day that Wilson spent with Lords Thanet, Pembroke, Essex and Bolingbroke in April 1754, sketching at the Villa of Maecenas, Tivoli. For another drawing of a bed see D280/8.
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    Object ID: 6363
    Bibliography
    Constable 1954, p. 143; Sutton & Clements 1968, vol. 1, pp. 12-13; vol. 2, p. 34; New Haven, English Landscape, 1977, pp. 10-11, pl. LIII; Solkin 1982, pp. 164-165; Galassi 1991, pp. 20-21, pl. 13
    More Information
    Only two sketchbooks by Wilson have survived - the present one (D280-D280/33) and D53-D53/81 Studies and Designs by R. Wilson done in Rome in the Year MDCCLII, Victoria & Albert Museum, London (E.3586-1922).
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    2019-03-05 00:00:00

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Italian Sketchbook, p. 9(r)
    • Italian Sketchbook, p.27(r)

    Exhibitions

    • London, Tate Gallery, Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, and New Haven, Conn., Yale Center for British Art, 3 November 1982 - 19 June 1983
    • New Haven, Yale Center for British Art, 19 April - 17 July 1977

    Biographies

    • Paul Mellon (1907-1999)
    • Oldfield Bowles (1739-1810)
    • Sir George Beaumont (1753-1827)

    Documents

    • David Solkin, Richard Wilson: The Landscape of Reaction
    • William George Constable, 'Richard Wilson: Some Pentimenti'
    • Denys Sutton & Ann Clements, An Italian Sketchbook by Richard Wilson, RA: Drawings made by the Artist in Rome and its Environs in the Year 1754
    • Peter Galassi, Corot in Italy. Open-Air Painting and the Classical-Landscape Tradition
    • Christopher White, English Landscape 1630-1850: Drawings, Prints & Books from the Paul Mellon Collection
    This drawing is part of the "Italian Sketchbook Drawings Yale Center for British Art 1754" sketchbook
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