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    Tower and Bastion by the Sea

    Tower and Bastion by the Sea
    Tower and Bastion by the Sea
    Tower and Bastion by the Sea
    Photograph Courtesy of Mallams
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Tower and Bastion by the Sea
    Date
    1750-57 (undated)
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    Metric: 18 x 21.5 cm
    Imperial: 7 1/16 x 8 1/2 in.
    Collection
    Thomas Bean
    Wilson Online Reference
    P229
    Exhibited
    Grosvenor Gallery, London, 1888 (197); Brighton 1920 (30)
    Provenance
    Benjamin Booth; Rev R.S. Booth; Marianne Booth, Lady Ford; Richard Ford; Sir Francis Clare Ford; Captain Richard Ford; Mrs Richard Ford; thence by descent; Mallams Cheltenham, 21 January 2021 (116a), where acquired by present owner
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Collectors' marks
    [1] Verso, upper right corner of stretcher: Seal of Marianne Booth, Lady Ford
    Labels
    Verso:
    [1] Upper horizontal member of frame, centre, torn and half-concealed old handwritten label, barely legible: 6 [?]
    [2] Right vertical member of frame, old printed and handwritten label in black ink:
    Title of Picture: Small oval landscape | Walls Tower & buildings
    Name of owner: Sir Clare Ford C.B.
    [3] Left vertical member of frame, lower end, torn concealed blank round label with serrated edge
    [4] Lower horizontal member of frame, fragment of old, handwritten label, partly legible: is | Richard Wilson
    Related Paintings
    P230 Entrance to a Town, Private Collection UK [pendant]
    Critical commentary
    Described in Booth Notes Doc. 9 as '2 -- a View in Italy by Sea Side pad: there [?] (oval)'. This seems to be evidence that the work was painted during Wilson's year in Italy (1750-57) and perhaps that it was executed en plein air.
    Bibliography
    Booth Notes Doc. 9, p. 1, no. 2; Capt. R. Ford, MS. Notebook and Inventory, p. 50; WGC, p. 227, pl. 120a
    Condition/Conservation
    Relined.
    Updated by Compiler
    2022-02-22 00:00:00

    Work of Art

    Paintings

    • Entrance to a Town, Private Collection UK

    Exhibitions

    • Brighton, Fine Art Galleries, 28 February - 2 May 1920

    Biographies

    • Benjamin Booth (1732-1807)
    • Richard Ford (1796-1858)
    • The Revd Richard Salwey Booth (1762-1807)
    • Marianne Booth, Lady Ford (1767-1849)
    • Sir Francis Clare Ford (1828-1899)
    • Captain Richard Ford (1860-1940)

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
    • Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 9: List of Wilson's Landscapes with Sizes and former Owners
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