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    National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (Felton Bequest, 1926)
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    Artist
    Samuel William Reynolds after Wilson
    Title
    Evening
    Date
    Published 2 April 1824
    Medium
    Mezzotint
    Dimensions
    Metric: 261 x 339 mm
    Imperial: 10 1/4 x 13 3/8 in.
    Collection
    National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    2101/3
    Wilson Online Reference
    E74D
    Description
    Extensive landscape, with a group of figures on a high bank in the foreground. A couple can be seen dancing, a man is playing the flute, another man is seated on the grass and a woman holding a child is standing among them. There are trees on the left and right and a view of a long stretch of a river, with a bridge and mountains in the background seen against an evening sky.
    Provenance
    Felton Bequest 1926
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below the image with the title ('Evening.') and 'From a picture in the possession of Frederick Perkins Esqr. | Gems of Art, Plate 12' published April 2nd. 1824. by W B Cooke 9 Soho Square'; production details: 'Painted by R. Wilson R.A.' 'Engraved by S.W. Reynolds'
    Related Prints
    E73 Samuel William Reynolds after Wilson, Morning, The British Museum
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    Another impression is at the National Museum Wales, Cardiff (NMW A 5995)
    Related Paintings
    P177 Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), River Mouth with Peasants Dancing (Mediterranean Coastal Landscape at Dusk), Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Neue Pinakothek, Munich
    P177A Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), River Mouth with Peasants Dancing, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
    P177F Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), River Mouth with Peasants dancing ('Evening'), Private Collection
    Bibliography
    A. Whitman, Samuel William Reynolds, 1903, p. 122, cat. 464, II
    Condition/Conservation
    Scratched-letter state. Has old brown tape at the top, a stamp at the lower left and light foxing overall.

    Work of Art

    Prints

    • Samuel William Reynolds after Wilson, Morning, The British Museum

    Versions

    • Samuel William Reynoldsafter Wilson, Evening, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • Samuel William Reynoldsafter Wilson, Evening, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • Samuel William Reynoldsafter Wilson, Evening, The British Museum
    • Samuel William Reynoldsafter Wilson, Evening, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery

    Paintings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), River Mouth with Peasants Dancing (Mediterranean Coastal Landscape at Dusk), Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Neue Pinakothek, Munich
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), River Mouth with Peasants Dancing, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), River Mouth with Peasants dancing ('Evening'), Private Collection

    Biographies

    • Samuel William Reynolds (1773-1835)
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