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    Father Tiber

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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Father Tiber
    Date
    c.1752 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk on yellow prepared paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 95 x 148 mm
    Imperial: 3 3/4 x 5 13/16 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1881,0212.44
    Wilson Online Reference
    D146/1
    Description
    The bearded river-god is reclining towards the left, holding a horn of plenty in his hand. The babies, Romulus and Remus, founders of the city of Rome, are seen at his elbow with the she-wolf who reared them
    Exhibited
    London 1949 (114a)
    Provenance
    Given by John Deffett Francis, February 1881
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Collectors' marks
    Verso:
    [1] Lower right, printed collection stamp in oval frame: 'DEFFETT FRANCIS COLLECTION | BM [below] crown' (Lugt 945)
    [2] Lower right, printed inventory stamp in oval frame: 'British Museum 1881 | 2 12 | 44'
    Verso inscriptions
    [1] Lower right, black chalk: R W.G.B [Richard Wilson George Beaumont?]
    Subject
    The figure is based on the colossal personification of the River Tiber from the fountain in front of the double staircase outside the Palazzo Senatorio in the Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome. Dating from the 2nd century A.D. the statue was originally in the Baths of Constantine on the Quirinal Hill.
    Related Drawings
    D146/2 The Prow of a Roman Galley, The British Museum
    Related Paintings
    P164A Apollo and the Seasons, Indianapolis Museum of Art
    Critical commentary
    The figure probably inspired a recumbent sculpture in the background of P164A Apollo and the Seasons, Indianapolis Museum of Art. On the reverse of D146/1 is a drawing of the prow of a Roman galley, currently (April 2016) inaccessible owing to the method of mounting but included here as D146/2 reproduced from a photograph in the Witt Library.
    Bibliography
    Binyon 52(a)
    Updated by Compiler
    2018-02-27 00:00:00

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • The Prow of a Roman Galley, The British Museum

    Paintings

    • Apollo and the Seasons, Indianapolis Museum of Art

    Exhibitions

    • London, Tate Gallery, 22 January - 14 March 1949

    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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