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    Grove in Italy

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    Grove in Italy
    Grove in Italy
    Grove in Italy
    Guy Peppiatt, London
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713-1782)
    Title
    Grove in Italy
    Date
    Later 1770s
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    Metric: 54 x 43.3 cm
    Imperial: 21 1/4 x 17 in.
    Collection
    Private Collection, Somerset, UK
    Wilson Online Reference
    P169A
    Exhibited
    London 1925 (26 - lent Grant); Manchester 1925 (12); Brussels 1929 (195 - Le Bosquet)
    Provenance
    Col. M.H. Grant, 18, Victoria Gardens, Kensington, London; Sotheby's 22 April 1959 (121); bt Major E.R.W. Robinson, Cirencester; Private Collection, Somerset.
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Verso inscriptions
    [1] Frame, upper left, white chalk: P8236
    [2] Stretcher, centre member, right, white chalk, inverted: S060[illegible]
    Labels
    Verso, stretcher:
    [1] Upper left corner, pen and black ink: WO | 12602
    [2] Upper member, left: exhibition label, Brussels Retrospective 1929, printed and pen and black ink: Colonel M.H. Grant | 18 Victoria Gardens Kensington | Wilson | The Grove
    [3] Upper member, left: serrated, pen and black ink: Case No. | 9
    [4] Beneath [3], printed: RICHARD WILSON | Bo [tear]14 Died 1782.
    [5] Centre member, left, small pen and black ink, partly erased: 18a/a/
    [6] Lower member, centre, printed and manuscript owner's label.
    Subject
    In the Brussels catalogue the location is said without evidence to be 'La Riccia' (Ariccia). W.G. Constable found this unconvincing and suggested it might stem from a 'superficial resemblance to Wilson's painting of that place.' (cf. P46 and P87).
    Related Prints
    E72/19 Thomas Hastings after Wilson, Untitled (Grove and sunlit Landscape), The British Museum (1854,0708.76) and other impressions
    Related Paintings
    P169
    Critical commentary
    P169A has all the appearance of a late variant of P169, with unsure touch in the foliage of the trees and clouds. Discrepancies are also apparent in the relative scale and placing of the figures. The upright format is unusual among Wilson's landscapes, though the size of the canvas is conventional enough.
    Bibliography
    WGC, p. 199 pl. 77b
    Condition/Conservation
    Relined.

    Work of Art

    Versions

    • Ascribed to Wilson, Grove and sunlit Landscape, Private Collection, England

    Exhibitions

    • London, National Gallery, Millbank (Tate Gallery), 26 June - 30 September 1925
    • Manchester City Art Gallery, 22 October - 5 December 1925
    • Brussels, Musée Moderne, 12 October - 1 December 1929

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
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