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    Italian. (River and Fishermen)

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    Artist
    Thomas Hastings after Wilson
    Title
    Italian. (River and Fishermen)
    Date
    Published 1822
    Medium
    Etching on chine collé
    Dimensions
    Metric: 163 x 188 mm
    Imperial: 6 3/8 x 7 3/8 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1854,0708.77
    Wilson Online Reference
    E72/20
    Description
    Two men are fishing from the bank of a meandering river in the centre foreground, overshadowed by trees on the right. In the middle distance two women or monks walk towards a church.
    Provenance
    Bought from George Willis, Piazza, Covent Garden, 1854
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below the image with the title, 'The Original is of the same Size and in the Possession of | Lady Ford'; production details and publication line: 'Painted by R. Wilson.' 'Etched by T Hastings - | publised [sic] in London 1822'
    Related Paintings
    P189 River and Fishermen, Private Collection, England
    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
    PRA324421
    Bibliography
    Hastings 1825, p. 15, repr.; WGC, p. 215 under pl. 102b; 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

    Paintings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), River and Fishermen, 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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