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    The Crater of Vesuvius

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    The Crater of Vesuvius
    The Crater of Vesuvius
    The Crater of Vesuvius
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    The Crater of Vesuvius
    Date
    1754 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk and stump, touched with blue and white chalk, on rough blue-grey paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 263 x 389 mm
    Imperial: 10 3/8 x 15 5/16 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1881,0212.15
    Wilson Online Reference
    D248
    Description
    The crater of Vesuvius, near Naples, is shown with smoke billowing up from chasms in the hollow. In the foreground, on the brink, are two figures, with others partly visible on the slope below and behind.
    Exhibited
    Compton Verney, Warwickshire, Volcano, July - October 2010 (unnumbered)
    Provenance
    Donated by John Deffett Francis, 1881
    Signature/inscription
    Inscribed in pen lower right: Wilson
    Verso inscriptions
    [1] Wilson
    [2] 97 [?]
    [3] 13
    All in different hands
    Related Drawings
    D249 Landscape with the Crater of Vesuvius, Royal Academy of Arts, London (03/1877)
    D338 A Skirmish in Rowing-Boats in the Bay of Baiae (Private Collection)
    Related Prints
    E60/24 John Whessell after Wilson, Studies & Designs: Three Men with two Mules halting in a Field below a Volcano, The British Museum and other impressions
    E60/35 John Whessell after Wilson, Studies & Designs: Vesuvius, The British Museum and other impressions
    Related Works by Other Artists
    John Downman, The Crater of Vesuvius, watercolour, 1774, Tate, London (T10174)
    Critical commentary
    Wilson visited Naples and the surrounding area in 1752, in 1753 or 1754 with Lord Dartmouth and again in 1756.
    Bibliography
    Binyon 6
    Condition/Conservation
    Good condition. Treated 27 May 2010

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Landscape with the Crater of Vesuvius, Royal Academy of Arts, London
    • Landscape with Vesuvius, Royal Academy of Arts, London)
    • A Skirmish in Rowing-Boats in the Bay of Baiae (Private Collection)

    Prints

    • E60/24 John Whessell after Wilson, Studies & Designs: Three Men with two Mules halting in a Field below a Volcano, The British Museum and other impressions
    • John Whessell after Wilson, Studies & Designs: Vesuvius, The British Museum and other impressions

    Biographies

    • John Deffett Francis (1815-1901)

    Documents

    • Laurence Binyon, Catalogue of Drawings by British Artists and Artists of Foreign Origin working in Great Britain preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
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