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    Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)

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    Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
    Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
    Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
    Royal Academy of Arts, London
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    Artist
    Joseph Farington (1747-1821) after Wilson
    Title
    Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
    Date
    Undated
    Medium
    Etching
    Dimensions
    Metric: 147 x 227 mm
    Imperial: 5 3/4 x 8 15/16 in.
    Collection
    Royal Academy of Arts, London. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    05/4398
    Wilson Online Reference
    E38C
    Description
    Landscape with a bridge over the river in the centre. Three women are washing clothes on the bank in the foreground before woods and fences at the right, buildings at the left and a hill town in the far distance.
    Provenance
    Acquired by 1802
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below the image:
    [1] Upper left: R. Wilson del.
    [2] Upper right: Jos. Farington sc.
    [3] Centre: BRIDGE of AUGUSTUS at RIMINI.
    Subject
    The Ponte d'Augusto, built by the Emperor Augustus, leads out of Rimini near the triumphal arch (also dedicated to him), across the River Marecchia to the ancient Via Emilia linking Rimini and Bologna. In the distance is the hill of the republic of San Marino.
    Related Drawings
    D41 The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, 1751, Tate, London (T09277)
    D41A The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, 1751, Private Collection, England
    D46 The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, c.1751-52, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (PD.47-1958)
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    Related Paintings
    P82 The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, c.1758-59, Private Collection, Yorkshire
    P82A The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini c.1758-59, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand (7-1947)
    P82C Ascribed to Wilson, Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (WA1931.1)
    Critical commentary
    The print differs from any known painting of the subject and was probably made directly from a drawing. Twelve Original Views in Italy was published by John Boydell as a compilation of etchings by different printmakers, produced over a number of years, after Wilson's drawings. Two of the etchers, Farington and Hodges, were Wilson's pupils. Farington executed this and one other in the series - E39 In the Strada Nomentana Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven and other impressions.
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    PL3837
    Bibliography
    Edwards 1808, p. 88; WGC, p. 212 under pl. 99a
    More Information
    Bound in a 19th century volume with Charles Hullmandel's lithographic 24 Views of Italy, 1818. E38C is one of the few extant impressions of this etching (along with E38) to lack Boydell's publication line. This may indicate that, together with other prints in the series Twelve Original Views in Italy, it was first commissioned by Wilson with a view to publication himself, and only later passed or sold to Boydell when Wilson was hard pressed for cash.
    Condition/Conservation
    State before publication line. Some discoloured spotting.
    Updated by Compiler
    2025-05-05 00:00:00

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Tate, London
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

    Versions

    • Joseph Farington (1747-1821)after Wilson, Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (from Twelve Original Views in Italy), The British Museum
    • Joseph Farington (1747-1821)after Wilson, Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (from Twelve Original Views in Italy), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    • Joseph Farington (1747-1821)after Wilson, Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (from Twelve Original Views in Italy), The British Museum

    Paintings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Private Collection, Yorkshire
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (Roman Bridge at Rimini), Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand
    • Ascribed to Wilson, Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

    Biographies

    • Joseph Farington (1747-1821)

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
    • Edward Edwards, Anecdotes of Painters who have resided or been born in England; with critical Remarks on their Productions
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