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    The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini

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    The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini
    The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini
    The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini
    Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini
    Date
    c.1751-52 (undated)
    Medium
    Graphite, heightened with white on blue prepared paper laid down on contemporary card
    Dimensions
    Metric: 263 x 420 mm
    Imperial: 10 3/8 x 16 1/2 in.
    Collection
    Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. To license images click here.
    Accession Number
    PD.47-1958
    Wilson Online Reference
    D46
    Description
    The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini is shown with peasants washing clothes in the foreground
    Exhibited
    Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge 1976 The Fairhaven Fund: The first Quarter Century (104)
    Provenance
    Probably bt from Wilson in 1779 by John Barnard; J. Barnard Sale, Greenwood's, Leicester Square, London, Eighth Night's Sale, 24 February 1787 (31 - A View in Italy), bt Brettels 7 gns on behalf of Benjamin Booth; his son, the Revd R.S. Booth; Elizabeth Booth, sister of the latter; Marianne Ford née Booth, her sister, married to Sir Richard Ford; Richard Ford (1796-1858); their son; exchanged for etchings by Schiavone with William Esdaile in 1824; Esdaile Sale, Christie's 20 March 1838 (645- bt by Pierre Seymour for £3.15s.0d); Benjamin Pierre Seaman; given to Anne Key 1839; A.J. Mackenzie Stuart; sale, Christie's 7 March 1958 (80), bt Agnew on behalf of the Fitzwilliam Museum (Fairhaven Fund)
    Collectors' marks
    [1] Mount, lower right centre, manuscript: J.B.
    [2] Mount, lower right centre, manuscript: WE
    Verso inscriptions
    [1] Upper right,ink: J.B. N:o 1098. [|] 10 1/2 by 10 1/2
    [2] Centre, ink: A view of the Bridge [two words inserted:] of Augustus at Rimini in Italy by Richd Wilson [|] Landscape Painter, now living in London. Ano 1779. J.B.
    [3] Centre ink: Brettells gave seven Gn. for this drawing at Mr Barnard's Sale [|] in Greenwood's Rooms, Leicester Square, the 24 February 1787. BB [|] 8th Night Lt. 31
    [4] Lower right, ink: Bought at Mr Esdaile's sale Clapham Common [|] and given to me by Benjn Price Seaman [|] 1839 [|] Anne Key
    [5] Lower centre ink: Marianne Ford
    [6] Lower left centre. ink: Exd with RF for etchings by Schiavoni
    Mount inscriptions
    [1] Lower left centre. ink: Exd with RF
    [2] Lower centre, pencil: 645
    [3] Lower centre, ink: Bridge of Augustus at Rimini.Wilson.
    [4] Lower centre pencil: I have the print
    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 Tate, London
    D41A Private Collection, England
    Related Prints
    E38 Joseph Farington, Twelve Etchings of Views in Italy - Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, 1776
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    Related Paintings
    P82 Private Collection, Yorkshire
    P82A Dunedin Art Gallery, New Zealand
    P82C Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
    Critical commentary
    Mount size: 320 x 420 mm (12 5/8 x 16 1/2 in.)
    Bibliography
    Booth Notes Doc. 8, p. 2 [?] Ford 1951, p. 52 under ref. 7 and WGC, p. 213 under pl. 99a as in the Esdaile sale 1838; Constable 1962, p. 141, no. 4, fig. 2
    More Information
    Probably drawn in Italy on Wilson's journey from Venice to Rome
    Updated by Compiler
    2015-12-16 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

    Prints

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

    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

    • Benjamin Booth (1732-1807)
    • William Esdaile (1758-1837)
    • John Barnard (1709-1784)
    • The Revd Richard Salwey Booth (1762-1807)
    • Elizabeth Booth (1763-1819)
    • Marianne Booth, Lady Ford (1767-1849)
    • Sir Richard Ford (1758-1806)

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
    • Brinsley Ford, The Drawings of Richard Wilson
    • William George Constable, 'Richard Wilson: A Second Addendum'
    • Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 8: List of Wilson's Paintings and Works by Old Masters and other Artists in Booth's Collection
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