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    Apollo and the Seasons

    Apollo and the Seasons
    Apollo and the Seasons
    Apollo and the Seasons
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    Artist
    William Woollett (1735-1785) and Benjamin Thomas Pouncy after Wilson and John Hamilton Mortimer
    Title
    Apollo and the Seasons
    Date
    Published 1 December 1779
    Medium
    Etching and engraving
    Dimensions
    Metric: 444 x 552 mm
    Imperial: 17 1/2 x 21 3/4 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1875,0710.3764
    Wilson Online Reference
    E47A
    Description
    To the left the god Apollo plays his lyre on Mount Olympus, raising his right hand towards the Seasons or Horae, four female figures who dance in a circle in the centre. Two putti sit blowing bubbles nearby. In a landscape with an overgrown temple and framing tree to the right, an extensive river or lake is the dominant feature, with mountains in the background and a square tower on the left bank in the middle distance.
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below the image:
    [1] 'Landskip Painted by R. Wilson, Figures by Mr. Mortimer.'
    [2] 'Engraved by W. Woollett & B Pouncy.'
    [3] 'Engraved from an Original Picture, Painted by R. Wilson and J. Mortimer.
    [4] ' LONDON. Printed for R. SAYER & J. BENNETT, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 1st. December 1779'
    Related Prints
    E24 Richard Earlom and Robert Sayer after Wilson, Apollo and the Nymphs, Royal Academy of Arts, London
    E24A Richard Earlom and Robert Sayer after Wilson, Apollo and the Nymphs, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    E24B Richard Earlom and Robert Sayer after Wilson, Apollo and the Nymphs, The British Museum
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    Related Paintings
    P164 Apollo and the Seasons, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
    P164A Apollo and the Seasons, Indianapolis Museum of Art
    Bibliography
    Edwards 1808, p. 88; Fagan 1885, p. 44, cat. XCVI, 4th State; WGC, pp. 93-94, 96, 167, pl. 26a (version 2); Wilson and Europe 2014, pp. 133-36, fig. 113
    Link to WG Constable Archive Record
    WGC/1/1/28
    Updated by Compiler
    09/02/2017

    Work of Art

    Prints

    • Richard Earlom after Wilson, Apollo and the Nymphs, Royal Academy of Arts, London
    • Richard Earlom and Robert Sayer after Wilson, Apollo and the Nymphs, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • Richard Earlom after Wilson, Apollo and the Nymphs, The British Museum

    Versions

    • William Woollett (1735-1785) and Benjamin Thomas Pouncyafter Wilson and John Hamilton Mortimer, Apollo and the Seasons, Royal Academy of Arts, London

    Paintings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Apollo and the Seasons, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Apollo and the Seasons, Indianapolis Museum of Art

    Biographies

    • William Woollett (1735-1785)
    • Robert Sayer (1725-1794)

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
    • Martin Postle & Robin Simon, Richard Wilson and the Transformation of European Landscape Painting
    • Edward Edwards, Anecdotes of Painters who have resided or been born in England; with critical Remarks on their Productions
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