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    The Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianae

    The Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianae
    The Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianae
    The Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianae
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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    Artist
    Joseph Wood after Wilson
    Title
    The Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianae
    Date
    Published 1764
    Medium
    Engraving on laid paper inlaid onto modern cream paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 516 x 450 mm
    Imperial: 20 5/16 x 17 11/16 in.
    Collection
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    NMW A 11002
    Wilson Online Reference
    E13B
    Description
    Landscape with Diana expelling Callisto, having learned that she is pregnant, on the bank of a lake in the foreground, where two other nymphs comfort her. Trees frame the scene and there is a town on the distant mountainside under an extensive sky.
    Provenance
    Given by Major F. Treharne James, 1918
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below image with title, 'In the collection of Hen. Hoare Esqr.' and publication line: 'Painted by R. Wilson', 'Engrav'd by J. Wood' and publication line: 'Published by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, London 1764'.
    Inscribed lower right in modern pencil: F/V/
    Related Prints
    E82 Louis Marvy after Wilson, Lake Nemi or Speculum Dianæ, The British Museum (in reverse)
    Related Paintings
    P127A The Lake of Nemi, with Diana and Callisto, Trustees of Jane, Lucy and Charles Hoare, The National Trust, Strourhead
    Critical commentary
    This print was based on P127A The Lake of Nemi, with Diana and Callisto, Trustees of Jane, Lucy and Charles Hoare, on loan to the National Trust, Stourhead. As stated in the inscription the painting belonged to Wilson's patron, Henry Hoare. Originally announced in a newspaper advertisement in October 1758, the print was finally published by John Boydell in 1764 as a pendant to Wood's engraving The Gipsies after Gainsborough. It was the first print after a landscape by Wilson.
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    18.14
    1918.2
    Bibliography
    Public Advertiser, 14 October 1758; Edwards 1808, p. 88; WGC, p. 165; Clayton 1997, pp. 182 & 188; Wilson and Europe 2014, p. 279
    Link to WG Constable Archive Record
    WGC/1/1/100
    Condition/Conservation
    Trimmed to near platemark. Needs surface clean.
    Updated by Compiler
    2020-01-08 00:00:00

    Work of Art

    Prints

    • Louis Marvy after Wilson, Lake Nemi or Speculum Dianæ, The British Museum

    Versions

    • Joseph Woodafter Wilson, The Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianae, Royal Academy of Arts, London
    • Joseph Woodafter Wilson, The Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianæ, The British Museum

    Paintings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) and Studio, The Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianae with Dolbadarn Castle (Diana and Callisto), Bristol City Museum and Gallery
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianae (The Lake of Nemi with Diana and Callisto), National Trust, Trustees of Jane, Lucy and Charles Hoare, Stourhead, Wiltshire
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Diana and Callisto, Private Collection
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Diana and Callisto, Lady Lever Art Gallery

    Biographies

    • Henry Hoare II, 'The Magnificent' (1705-1785)
    • Major F. Treharne James (1861-1942)

    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
    • Timothy Clayton, The English Print, 1688-1802
    • Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 6: List of Engravers after Wilson and Biographical Notes
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