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    Italian Sketchbook - Drawings pp. 0(v) and 1(r)

    Italian Sketchbook - Drawings pp. 0(v) and 1(r)
    Italian Sketchbook - Drawings pp. 0(v) and 1(r)
    Italian Sketchbook - Drawings pp. 0(v) and 1(r)
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) & William Hodges (1744-1797)
    Title
    Italian Sketchbook - Drawings pp. 0(v) and 1(r)
    Date
    1754
    Medium
    Graphite, with white and black chalk on medium, rough, blued white wove paper, bound in vellum
    Dimensions
    Metric: 281 x 210 mm
    Imperial: 11 1/16 x 8 1/4 in.
    Collection
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven. To license images click here
    Accession Number
    B1977.14.359 ic & r1
    Wilson Online Reference
    D280/0
    Provenance
    Oldfield Bowles; given to Sir George Beaumont, 1784; thence by descent until 1963, when sold to Paul Mellon
    Signature/inscription
    Incriptions on fly-leaf 1(r):
    [1] Pen and brown ink upper centre: 'Studies by R. Wilson | at Rome 1754'
    [2] Black chalk, centre: 'Brockwell Bushes near Mr. Broc | kmans in Kent'
    [3] Brown ink, lower centre: 'The gift of O. Bowles | to his Dear friend | Sir George Beaumont | Decr. ['r' in superscript] 2d. ['d' in superscript] 1784
    Inscribed at end of volume by the artist:
    'Questo Libro e de Monsu Wilson a la Caffe delli Inglesi nella Piazza de Spagnia Roma'
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    Object ID: 6363
    Bibliography
    Sutton & Clements 1968
    More Information
    Only two sketchbooks by Wilson have survived - the present one (D280-D280/33) and D53-D53/81 Studies and Designs by R. Wilson done in Rome in the Year MDCCLII, Victoria & Albert Museum, London (E.3586-1922).The English Coffee House, situated on the Piazza di Spagna, served as a gathering place for the British community in Rome. For the first part of his lengthy stay there, Wilson resided on the Piazza and apparently adopted the cafe itself as his headquarters.

    Biographies

    • William Hodges (1744-1797)
    • Paul Mellon (1907-1999)
    • Oldfield Bowles (1739-1810)
    • Sir George Beaumont (1753-1827)

    Documents

    • Denys Sutton & Ann Clements, An Italian Sketchbook by Richard Wilson, RA: Drawings made by the Artist in Rome and its Environs in the Year 1754
    This drawing is part of the "Italian Sketchbook Drawings Yale Center for British Art 1754" sketchbook
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