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Banks of the Tiber (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
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Banks of the Tiber (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
Banks of the Tiber (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Artist
James Gandon (1742-1823) after Wilson
Title
Banks of the Tiber (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
Date
Published 29 January 1776
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Metric: Spine: 254 mm; sheet: 248 x 343 mm; plate: 184 x 257 mm
Imperial: Spine: 10 in.; sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 1/2 in.; plate: 7 1/4 x 10 1/8 in.
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Collection
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven. To license images click here
Accession Number
B1977.14.21011(e)
Wilson Online Reference
E36
Description
View of a river with a figure walking past a tree on the path in the left middle ground, about to pass a man sitting at the roadside. There is another figure in a boat below and buildings on the opposite bank.
Provenance
Acquired 1977
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image with title and production detail: 'R. Wilson del', 'Jas. Gandon sc'
Related Prints
E72/21 Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
On the River Tiber, near Rome
, The British Museum
Versions
See 'Links' tab
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
Object ID: 49690
Bibliography
Booth Notes Doc. 7; Edwards 1808, p. 88; T.J. Mulvany,
The Life of James Gandon, Esq.
1846, facsimile reprint ed. M. Craig, 1969, pp. 191-92
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
WGC/1/1/130
Condition/Conservation
Bound with eleven other 'original views' in an old leather binding with 'Views of Rome' imprinted on the spine but lacking a title page. Spine of the binding: 254 mm (10 in.)
Work of Art
Prints
Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
On the River Tiber, near Rome
, The British Museum
Versions
James Gandon (1742-1823)after Wilson,
Banks of the Tiber
, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Biographies
James Gandon (1742-1823)
Paul Mellon (1907-1999)
Documents
Edward Edwards,
Anecdotes of Painters who have resided or been born in England; with critical Remarks on their Productions
Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 6: List of Engravers after Wilson and Biographical Notes
Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 7: List of Prints after Wilson's Paintings
This print is part of the "Twelve Etchings of Views in Italy Yale Center for British Art" sketchbook
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