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    Pompey's Bridge at Terni

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    Pompey's Bridge at Terni
    Pompey's Bridge at Terni
    Pompey's Bridge at Terni
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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    Artist
    James Gandon (1742-1823) after Wilson
    Title
    Pompey's Bridge at Terni
    Date
    1776 (undated)
    Medium
    Etching on buff laid paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 302 x 254 mm
    Imperial: 11 7/8 X 10 in.
    Collection
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    NMW A 5972
    Wilson Online Reference
    E41C
    Description
    Oblique view of an old stone bridge with four figures, two reaching over the side and the others in the right foreground. Behind is a square tower with adjoining buildings and beyond, a mountain.
    Provenance
    Given by Barry Eisteddfod Committee 1921
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below the image with title and production detail: 'R. Wilson del.', 'Ja. Gandon sc.'
    Inscribed lower right corner, pencil: 21.409
    Verso inscriptions
    [1] Lower right: NMWA 5972
    Subject
    The architect Domenico Fontana (1543-1607) was appointed to build a new bridge at Terni to replace a dangerous older one over the River Nera. Pope Paul V inaugurated this in 1611 and his arms appear in the centre of the bridge together with inscriptions recording that the people of Terni replaced the original, ruined by age, at their own expense and named the new bridge Ponte Paolo in his honour. The bridge was rebuilt after the bombardment of the Second World War.
    Critical commentary
    Terni was one of the last stops on Wilson's journey from Venice to Rome in the company of William Lock in 1751-52. (See for example D61 The Cascade at Terni, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven). However, no related drawing or painting of the bridge by Wilson is known.
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    21.409
    1921.2
    Bibliography
    Edwards 1808, p. 88; T.J. Mulvany, The Life of James Gandon, Esq. 1846, facsimile reprint ed. M. Craig, 1969, pp. 191-92

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    Versions

    • James Gandon (1742-1823)after Wilson, Pompey's Bridge at Terni, Royal Academy of Arts, London
    • James Gandon (1742-1823)after Wilson, Pompey's Bridge at Terni, The British Museum
    • James Gandon (1742-1823)after Wilson, Pompey's Bridge at Terni, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • James Gandon (1742-1823)after Wilson, Pompey's Bridge at Terni (from Twelve Original Views in Italy), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    • James Gandon (1742-1823)after Wilson, Pompey's Bridge at Terni, The British Museum

    Biographies

    • James Gandon (1742-1823)
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