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    The Falls at Isola del Liri

    The Falls at Isola del Liri
    The Falls at Isola del Liri
    The Falls at Isola del Liri
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    The Falls at Isola del Liri
    Date
    c.1755 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk with traces of white on grey paper laid down
    Dimensions
    Metric: 273 x 400 mm
    Imperial: 10 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. in.
    Collection
    Location Unknown
    Wilson Online Reference
    D337
    Description
    View showing a large waterfall and bridge with a rocky riverbed below. To the left is an irregular castello with a classical porch, and below are domestic buildings incorporating ancient ruins. Three figures are working on a boat in the foreground
    Exhibited
    London 1925 (81)
    Provenance
    Benjamin Booth; Marianne, Lady Ford; by descent to Captain Richard Ford; Sotheby's, 24 November 1965; Bonham's Oxford, 13 June 2012 (133); with Abbot and Holder Ltd, 2012; present location unknown
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Verso inscriptions
    [1] Centre in faded black ink: Rich' Wilson' | a View at Tivoli | mounted for me by Paul Sandby. | BB/Nov.88
    [2] Lower centre in faded black ink: Marianne Ford
    Subject
    The view is very probably of the Cascata Grande, Isola del Liri, near Frosinine, south-east of Rome, with the Castello Buoncompagni on the left, overlooking the falls.
    Related Works by Other Artists
    Robert Adam, The Falls of Liri, Sora, Italy, about June 1756, contained in the album 'The Travel Drawings of Robert and James Adam', vol. 1/243, Sir John Soane's Museum, London
    Critical commentary
    Despite the verso inscription, the falls do not resemble those at Tivoli. An alternative and more convincing location has been suggested as the falls of the river Liri at Isola del Liri, near Frosinone, Lazio.
    Bibliography
    Ford 1951, p. 33; WGC, p. 211, under pl. 98b
    Condition/Conservation
    The drawing seems to have been much damaged, with parts missing from the corners and edges which were repaired by Paul Sandby, an early admirer of Wilson, prior to purchase by Benjamin Booth.
    Updated by Compiler
    27/09/2017

    Work of Art

    Versions

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Falls at Isola del Liri , Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Harvard University Portrait Collection, Cambridge

    Exhibitions

    • London, National Gallery, Millbank (Tate Gallery), 26 June - 30 September 1925

    Biographies

    • Benjamin Booth (1732-1807)
    • Marianne Booth, Lady Ford (1767-1849)
    • Captain Richard Ford (1860-1940)
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