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    The Arch of Augustus at Rimini

    The Arch of Augustus at Rimini
    The Arch of Augustus at Rimini
    The Arch of Augustus at Rimini
    Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    The Arch of Augustus at Rimini
    Date
    c.1751-52 (undated)
    Medium
    Red chalk on white paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 280 x 197 mm
    Imperial: 11 x 7 13/16 in.
    Collection
    Private Collection, England
    Accession Number
    RF66
    Wilson Online Reference
    D43
    Description
    A woman and man can be seen silhouetted beneath an antique arch
    Exhibited
    Brighton 1920 (130); Exeter 1946 (1); Birmingham 1948-49 (108); Dulwich Picture Gallery, Constable, a Master Draughtsman, 13 July - 16 October 1994, Prologue, VI, repr. (this exhibition was also at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 3 May - 9 July 1995 and in part at the Frick Collection, New York, 15 November 1994 - 12 February 1995); Gainsborough House 2014 (unnumbered)
    Provenance
    William Lock of Norbury; his sale, Sotheby's, London 3-7 May 1821; Marianne Ford; thence by descent to Sir Brinsley Ford; Private Collection, England
    Signature/inscription
    Inscribed by Wilson in graphite upper right: Rimini
    Related Drawings
    D41 The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Tate, London
    D41A The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Private Collection, England
    Related Paintings
    P82 The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Private Collection, Yorkshire, and other versions
    Critical commentary
    One of a group of drawings in black or red chalk made on Wilson's journey from Venice to Rome in the carriage of William Lock. The figures are in contemporary dress and seen from behind. They seem to be noble since the man wears a prominent sash of an order of chivalry.
    Bibliography
    The Connoisseur, May 1920, p. 35 (130), repr.; Ford 1951, p. 52, pl. 8; Walpole Society 1998-I, 70, RF66
    More Information
    A drawing catalogued as The Arch at Rimini was in the Samuel Woodburn sale, Christie's 19 June 1854 (752)
    Condition/Conservation
    The thin paper is stuck down and is badly cockled, especially at the upper right
    Updated by Compiler
    08/12/2017

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Tate, London
    • The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Private Collection, England

    Paintings

    • The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Private Collection, Yorkshire
    • The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand
    • Ascribed to Wilson, The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

    Exhibitions

    • Birmingham City Art Gallery, 17 November 1948 - 9 January 1949
    • Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 7 March - 5 April 1946
    • Sudbury, Gainsborough's House, 11 January - 31 May 2014

    Biographies

    • William Lock 'of Norbury' (1732-1810)
    • Richard Ford (1796-1858)
    • Sir Brinsley Ford (1908-1999)
    • Marianne Booth, Lady Ford (1767-1849)
    • Sir Francis Clare Ford (1828-1899)
    • John G. Ford (-1917)

    Documents

    • Brinsley Ford, The Drawings of Richard Wilson
    • Brinsley Ford and other authors, The Ford Collection
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