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Artist
Thomas Hastings after Wilson
Title
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Date
Published December 1821
Medium
Etching on chine collé
Dimensions
Metric: 237 x 188 mm
Imperial: 9 5/16 x 7 3/8 in.
Details
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Collection
The British Museum.
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Accession Number
1854,0708.73
Wilson Online Reference
E72/16
Description
Three figures near the remains of a church on a shore in the foreground at the right, with a stone pillar to their left and a sailing boat in the water beyond. Strong rays of sunlight pierce the gloomy clouds.
Provenance
Bought from George Willis, Piazza, Covent Garden, 1854
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image with the title, 'The Original is in the Possession of Lady Ford.'; production details and publication line: 'Painted by R. Wilson. | 1771 | Etched by T. Hastings | and | publd. in London Decr. 1821'
Related Drawings
D361
Ruins and Figures
, The British Museum (1881,0212.26)
D361A
Landscape: Road winding past Ruins of a Castle
, Victoria & Albert Museum, London (Dyce.645)
Related Prints
E60/16 John Whessell after Wilson,
Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower with three Figures gathered in Front
, The British Museum
E60/16A John Whessell after Wilson,
Architectural Ruins
, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Related Paintings
P168
Ruined Tower with a Figure
, Bristol City Museum and Gallery
P168A
Two Figures by a Ruin (Ruined Tower with a Figure)
, Felbrigg Hall, National Trust
Critical commentary
From a series of forty etchings after paintings by Richard Wilson and additional title page, bound in a volume in red tooled leather with gold decorative border, lettered on the spine with 'Wilson's | Etchings | by | Hastings'; the title page lettered in black and red: 'Etchings, | from the Works | of | [ facsimile of signature below portrait] Ric. Wilson | with Some Memoirs of his Life, &c. | by Thomas Hastings, Esq. | Collector of His Majesty's Customs. | "Non Ductus Officio Sed Amore Operis." Quintillian. | Published by Hurst, Robinson & Co. Cheapside, London. | Johnson, Typ. Apollo Press, 1825. Brook Street, Holborn'; containing twenty pages of Introductory and Concluding Remarks by the etcher, including descriptions of Richard Wilson's original paintings.
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
PRA324380
Bibliography
Hastings 1825, repr.; WGC, p. 221, pl. 112a; Yule 2015, pp. 60 & 69
More Information
George Willis was an antiquarian book dealer, who occasionally published books and prints. His firm was active from 1832-1856 and sold many prints to the British Museum. In 1856 it merged with Thomas Sotheran to become Willis & Sotheran.
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2015-12-09 00:00:00
Work of Art
Drawings
Ruins and Figures
, The British Museum
Landscape: Road winding past
, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Prints
John Whessell (c.1760-1806) after Wilson
Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower with three Figures gathered in front
, The British Museum
John Whessell (c.1760-1806) after Wilson
Architectural Ruins
, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Paintings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Ruined Tower with a Figure
, Bristol City Museum and Gallery
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Two Figures by a Ruin (Ruined Tower with a Figure)
, Felbrigg Hall, National Trust
Biographies
Captain Thomas Hastings (1778-1854)
Marianne Booth, Lady Ford (1767-1849)
Documents
Thomas Hastings,
Etchings from the Works of Ric. Wilson, with some Memoirs of his Life &c.
This print is part of the "Etchings from the Works of Richard Wilson British Museum" sketchbook
View sketchbook pages