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    Temple of Romulus and Remus (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)

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    Temple of Romulus and Remus (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
    Temple of Romulus and Remus (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
    Temple of Romulus and Remus (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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    Artist
    James Gandon (1742-1823) after Wilson
    Title
    Temple of Romulus and Remus (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
    Date
    Undated
    Medium
    Etching
    Dimensions
    Metric: Spine: 254 mm; sheet: 248 x 343 mm; plate: 184 x 257 mm
    Imperial: Spine: 10 in.; sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 1/2 in.; plate: 7 1/4 x 10 1/8 in.
    Collection
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven. To license images click here
    Accession Number
    B1977.14.21011(f)
    Wilson Online Reference
    E37A
    Description
    View of a village with a round temple surrounded by bushes in the centre, a tall building with a pulley outside to the right and figures beside a pile of masonry in the foreground.
    Provenance
    Acquired 1977
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below the image with title and production detail: 'R. Wilson del.', 'Jas. Gandon sc.'
    Related Works by Other Artists
    [1] Francis Towne (1739-1816): The Temple of Romulus, watercolour, 1781, The British Museum (Nn,1.21)
    Critical commentary
    A plate from Twelve Original Views in Italy, published in 1776 by John Boydell as a compilation of etchings by different printmakers, produced over a number of years, after Wilson's drawings or paintings.
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    Object ID: 49690
    Bibliography
    Edwards 1808, p. 88; T.J. Mulvany, The Life of James Gandon, Esq. 1846, facsimile reprint ed. M. Craig, 1969, pp. 191-92
    More Information
    E37A is one of the few extant impressions of this etching (along with E37B) to lack Boydell's publication line. This may indicate that, together with other prints in the series Twelve Original Views in Italy, it was first commissioned by Wilson with a view to publication himself, and only later passed or sold to Boydell when Wilson was hard pressed for cash.
    Condition/Conservation
    Bound with eleven other 'original views' in an old leather binding with 'Views of Rome' imprinted on the spine but lacking a title page. Spine of the binding: 254 mm (10 in.)
    Updated by Compiler
    2025-05-05 00:00:00

    Work of Art

    Versions

    • James Gandon (1742-1823)after Wilson, Temple of Romulus and Remus (Rome), Royal Academy of Arts, London
    • James Gandon (1742-1823)after Wilson, Temple of Romulus and Remus, The British Museum

    Biographies

    • John Boydell (1720-1804)
    • James Gandon (1742-1823)

    Documents

    • Edward Edwards, Anecdotes of Painters who have resided or been born in England; with critical Remarks on their Productions
    This print is part of the "Twelve Etchings of Views in Italy Yale Center for British Art" sketchbook
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