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Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
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Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
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Artist
Joseph Farington (1747-1821) after Wilson
Title
Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
Date
Published 29 January 1776
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Metric: 170 x 250 mm
Imperial: 6 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.
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Collection
The British Museum.
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Accession Number
1849,1208.425
Wilson Online Reference
E38A
Description
Landscape with a bridge over the river in the centre. Three women are washing clothes on the bank in the foreground before woods and fences at the right, buildings at the left and a hill town in the far distance.
Provenance
Purchased from Jury, printseller, Charlotte Street, London, 1849
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image:
[1] Upper left: R. Wilson del.
[2] Upper right: Jos. Farington sc.
[3] Centre: BRIDGE of AUGUSTUS at
RIMINI
.
[4] Lower centre: Published Jan: 29 1776 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Subject
The Ponte d'Augusto, built by the Emperor Augustus, leads out of Rimini near the triumphal arch (also dedicated to him), across the River Marecchia, to the ancient Via Emilia linking Rimini and Bologna. In the distance is the hill of the republic of San Marino.
Related Drawings
D41
The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini
, 1751, Tate, London (T09277)
D41A
The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini
, 1751, Private Collection, England
D46
The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini
, c.1751-52, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (PD.47-1958)
Versions
See 'Links' tab
Related Paintings
P82
The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini
, c.1758-59, Private Collection, Yorkshire
P82A
The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini
c.1758-59, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand (7-1947)
P82C Ascribed to Wilson,
Bridge of Augustus at Rimini
, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (WA1931.1)
Critical commentary
The print differs from any known painting of the subject and was probably made directly from a drawing.
Twelve Original Views in Italy
was published by John Boydell as a compilation of etchings by different printmakers, produced over a number of years, after Wilson's drawings. Two of the etchers, Farington and Hodges, were Wilson's pupils. Farington executed this and one other in the series - E39
In the Strada Nomentana
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven and other impressions.
Bibliography
Edwards 1808, p. 88; WGC, p. 212 under pl. 99a
Work of Art
Drawings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini
, Tate, London
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini
, Private Collection, England
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini
, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Versions
Joseph Farington (1747-1821)after Wilson,
Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Joseph Farington (1747-1821)after Wilson,
Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
, The British Museum
Joseph Farington (1747-1821)after Wilson,
Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Paintings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini
, Private Collection, Yorkshire
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (Roman Bridge at Rimini)
, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand
Ascribed to Wilson,
Bridge of Augustus at Rimini
, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Biographies
John Boydell (1720-1804)
Joseph Farington (1747-1821)
Documents
William George Constable,
Richard Wilson
Edward Edwards,
Anecdotes of Painters who have resided or been born in England; with critical Remarks on their Productions