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    The Gypsies

    The Gypsies
    The Gypsies
    The Gypsies
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    Artist
    Samuel Alken (1756-1815) after Wilson
    Title
    The Gypsies
    Date
    Published 22 July 1783
    Medium
    Aquatint and etching
    Dimensions
    Metric: 254 x 360 mm
    Imperial: 10 x 14 3/16 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1877,0811.497
    Wilson Online Reference
    E50
    Description
    Landscape with two women, one pregnant and carrying a small child, standing in the right foreground beside two trees on a bank. Two men in conversation are seated on the grass in the middle distance. Beyond them is an open landscape with a lake, village and hills.
    Provenance
    John Deffett Francis, 1877
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below the image with title: 'THE GYPSIES', production detail: 'Painted by B. [sic] Wilson R.A.', 'Saml. Alken fecit' and publication line: 'London Publish'd July 22 1783 by I. R. [John Raphael] Smith No. 83 Oxford Street.'
    Collectors' marks
    [1] Recto, lower centre: John Deffett Francis (Lugt 1447)
    Related Prints
    E72/5 Hastings after Wilson, The Gypsies, The British Museum (1854,0708.62)
    Related Paintings
    P176 Gypsies on a Road near Rome, Private Collection, England
    P176A Gypsies near the Entrance to a Wood, Private Collection, England
    P176B Gypsies on the Way to Rome, Old Westbury Gardens, New York
    Bibliography
    Booth Notes Doc. 6; Booth Notes Doc. 7
    Condition/Conservation
    The sheet has been trimmed and pasted into an elaborate washline border
    Updated by Compiler
    2017-08-10 00:00:00

    Work of Art

    Prints

    • Thomas Hastings after Wilson, The Gypsies, The British Museum

    Paintings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Gypsies on a Road near Rome, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) and Studio, Gypsies near the Entrance to a Wood, Anglesey Abbey, Cambridge
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Gypsies on the Way to Rome, Old Westbury Gardens, New York

    Biographies

    • Captain Thomas Hastings (1778-1854)
    • John Deffett Francis (1815-1901)
    • Samuel Alken (1756-1815)

    Documents

    • Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 6: List of Engravers after Wilson and Biographical Notes
    • Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 7: List of Prints after Wilson's Paintings
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