Skip to content
Log inRegister
    HomePaintingsDrawingsPrintsBrowse all worksWilson collectionsWilson collections mapTercentenary exhibitionOther exhibitionsProject highlightsThemes and mediaBiographiesBibliographical Resources
    Advanced search
    Work of ArtBiographiesExhibitionsBibliographical Resources
    Settings
    Pages
    300 years
    "Bowles" is linked to these Works
    of 38

    Italian Sketchbook - Drawings 21(v) and 22(r)

    Italian Sketchbook - Drawings 21(v) and 22(r)
    Italian Sketchbook - Drawings 21(v) and 22(r)
    Italian Sketchbook - Drawings 21(v) and 22(r)
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    title=Credit line
    Larger imageShareFeedback
    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Italian Sketchbook - Drawings 21(v) and 22(r)
    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 v21 & r22
    Wilson Online Reference
    D280/21
    Description
    21(v): Outline drawing of distant town and bridge beyond a curving riverbank and framing tree at the left
    22(r): blank
    Provenance
    Oldfield Bowles; given to Sir George Beaumont, 1784; thence by descent until 1963, when sold to Paul Mellon
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Subject
    The site depicted remains uncertain. Clements noted the suggestions by Sir John Summerson and others of a view of St Paul's and the City of London from the west but the context of the sketchbook together with the mountains seen beyond and the rural foreground surely favour an Italian location or a capriccio as the subject.
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    Object ID: 6363
    Bibliography
    Sutton & Clements 1968, vol. 1, pp. 20-21; vol. 2, p. 40
    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).
    Updated by Compiler
    15/07/2016

    Biographies

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

    Documents

    • 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
    This drawing is part of the "Italian Sketchbook Drawings Yale Center for British Art 1754" sketchbook
    View sketchbook pages
    © Richard Wilson OnlineCreditsCopyright & DisclaimerPrivacy