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    Lake Nemi

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    Lake Nemi
    Lake Nemi
    Lake Nemi
    Tate, London 2014
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Lake Nemi
    Date
    c.1752-56 (undated)
    Medium
    Black, white and yellow chalk, stump and brown ink on buff laid paper, inlaid onto cream card
    Dimensions
    Metric: 277 x 420 mm
    Imperial: 10 7/8 x 16 1/2 in.
    Collection
    Tate, London. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    T09302
    Wilson Online Reference
    D105A
    Description
    The view is down onto Lake Nemi, which lies in the hollow of wooded shores, with buildings on steep heights to the left and on the opposite side towards the right. In the foreground are two figures on a rock and a stone-pine with cypresses far right.
    Provenance
    Dr Monro; William Esdaile; A.P. Oppé; purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, 1996
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; inscribed:
    [1] Ink, lower left corner: 60
    [2] Ink, lower right corner: WE
    Collectors' marks
    [1] Recto lower right, pen: WE. [William Esdaile, Lugt 2617]
    Verso inscriptions
    [1] Upper centre, graphite or chalk perhaps in Wilson's hand: Lake of Nemi
    [2] Below the above, in broad brown ink: L 10Ls
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    Related Works by Other Artists
    [1] Francis Towne (1739-1816): The Lake of Nemi, watercolour, 1781, The British Museum (Nn,3.4)
    [2] Joseph Wright of Derby, Lake Nemi, 1790-95, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven.
    The view was painted by many British artists after Wilson, including Thomas Jones and William Pars.
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    682
    Bibliography
    WGC, p. 206, pl. 91b; Spencer-Longhurst 2012, pp. 63-64, fig. 35
    Link to WG Constable Archive Record
    WGC/1/1/100
    Condition/Conservation
    Good condition overall
    Updated by Compiler
    2016-02-02 00:00:00

    Work of Art

    Versions

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Nemi, The British Museum
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Lake Nemi, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery

    Biographies

    • William Esdaile (1758-1837)
    • Adolf Paul Oppé (1878-1957)

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
    • Paul Spencer-Longhurst, 'All the Quality of his Pictures except the Colour': Richard Wilson's Drawings as Collectors' Items
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