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    Temple of Minerva Medica

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    Temple of Minerva Medica
    Temple of Minerva Medica
    Temple of Minerva Medica
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    Artist
    Thomas Hastings after Wilson
    Title
    Temple of Minerva Medica
    Date
    c. 1822 (undated)
    Medium
    Etching on chine collé
    Dimensions
    Metric: 158 x 209 mm
    Imperial: 6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1854,0708.85
    Wilson Online Reference
    E72/28
    Description
    Two women are standing on the wooded bank of a lake or river in the centre foreground. The ruins of the temple on appear on the hilltop to the right and other buildings are in the background.
    Provenance
    Bought from George Willis, Piazza, Covent Garden, 1854
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below the image with the title, 'The Original is in the Possession of Lady Ford._ 25 In. by 28_'; production details and publication line: 'Painted by R. Wilson.' 'Etched by T. Hastings | and published in London | [illegible] [?] Hurst [illegible]'
    Page numbered lower right: 27
    Related Drawings
    D317 Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    D317A The Temple of Minerva Medica, Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester
    Related Paintings
    P60 The Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome, Private Collection, England
    Related Works by Other Artists
    [1] Francis Towne (1739-1816): The Temple of Minerva at Sunset, watercolour, 1781, The British Museum (Nn,1.19)
    [2] J.-B.-C. Corot, Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome, 1826, Musées d'Angers
    Critical commentary
    From a series of forty etchings after paintings by Richard Wilson and additional title page, bound in a volume in red tooled leather with gold decorative border, lettered on the spine with 'Wilson's | Etchings | by | Hastings'; the title page lettered in black and red: 'Etchings, | from the Works | of | [ facsimile of signature below portrait] Ric. Wilson | with Some Memoirs of his Life, &c. | by Thomas Hastings, Esq. | Collector of His Majesty's Customs. | "Non Ductus Officio Sed Amore Operis." Quintillian. | Published by Hurst, Robinson & Co. Cheapside, London. | Johnson, Typ. Apollo Press, 1825. Brook Street, Holborn'; containing twenty pages of Introductory and Concluding Remarks by the etcher, including descriptions of Richard Wilson's original paintings.
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    PRA324499
    Bibliography
    Hastings 1825, p. 3, repr.; WGC p. 206 under pl. 89; Yule 2015, pp. 60 & 69
    More Information
    George Willis was an antiquarian book dealer, who occasionally published books and prints. His firm was active from 1832-1856 and sold many prints to the British Museum. In 1856 it merged with Thomas Sotheran to become Willis & Sotheran.
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    2015-12-09 00:00:00

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Temple of Minerva Medica, Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester

    Paintings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome, Private Collection, England

    Biographies

    • Captain Thomas Hastings (1778-1854)
    • Marianne Booth, Lady Ford (1767-1849)

    Documents

    • Thomas Hastings, Etchings from the Works of Ric. Wilson, with some Memoirs of his Life &c.
    This print is part of the "Etchings from the Works of Richard Wilson British Museum" sketchbook
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