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    National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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    Artist
    Samuel William Reynolds after Wilson
    Title
    Evening
    Date
    Published 1 May 1824
    Medium
    Mezzotint on laid paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 288 x 383 mm
    Imperial: 11 5/16 x 15 1/16 in.
    Collection
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    NMW A 5997
    Wilson Online Reference
    E74B
    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
    Given by Major F. Treharne James, 1918
    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 XII |' published May 1st 1824. GEMS OF ART PLATE XII. | London. Published May 1st. 1824, by W.B. Cooke, 9, Soho Square
    Verso inscriptions
    [1] Upper left, pencil: M.M.
    Related Prints
    E73 Samuel William Reynolds after Wilson, Morning, The British Museum
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    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
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    18.54
    1918.3
    Bibliography
    A. Whitman, Samuel William Reynolds, 1903, p. 122, cat. 464, III
    Condition/Conservation
    Some dirt at edges, otherwise in good condition.

    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 Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
    • 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)
    • Major F. Treharne James (1861-1942)
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