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    On the River Tiber, near Rome.

    On the River Tiber, near Rome.
    On the River Tiber, near Rome.
    On the River Tiber, near Rome.
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    Artist
    Thomas Hastings after Wilson
    Title
    On the River Tiber, near Rome.
    Date
    Published 1822
    Medium
    Etching on chine collé
    Dimensions
    Metric: 180 x 229 mm
    Imperial: 7 1/16 x 9 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1854,0708.78
    Wilson Online Reference
    E72/21
    Description
    Two women are seen on the high bank of the Tiber in the foreground at the right, a cow stands in the water drinking at the centre and a boat is seen behind. There is a road meandering through trees at a higher level to the left and buildings stand at intervals on the opposite bank.
    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 F1.6 by F1.3'; production details and publication line: 'R. Wilson. RA pt.' 'Etched by T. Hastings | publd. in London 1822'
    Page numbered lower right: 22
    Related Prints
    E36 James Gandon after Wilson, Twelve Etchings of Views in Italy - Banks of the Tiber, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven and other impressions
    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
    PRA324430
    Bibliography
    Hastings 1825; WGC, p. 221 under pl. 113a; 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.
    Updated by Compiler
    09/12/2015

    Work of Art

    Prints

    • James Gandon (1742-1823) after Wilson, Twelve Etchings of Views in Italy - Banks of the Tiber, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    • James Gandon (1742-1823) after Wilson, Banks of the Tiber, Royal Academy of Arts, London
    • James Gandon (1742-1823) after Wilson, Banks of the Tiber, The British Museum

    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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