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    The Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianæ

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    The Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianæ
    The Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianæ
    The Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianæ
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    Artist
    Joseph Wood after Wilson
    Title
    The Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianæ
    Date
    Published 1764
    Medium
    Etching and engraving
    Dimensions
    Metric: 494 x 440 mm
    Imperial: 19 7/16 x 17 5/16 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1866,1114.499
    Wilson Online Reference
    E13
    Description
    Landscape with Diana expelling Callisto, having learned that she is pregnant, on the bank of a lake in the foreground, where two other nymphs comfort her. Trees frame the scene and there is a town on the distant mountainside under an extensive sky.
    Related Prints
    E82 Louis Marvy after Wilson, Lake Nemi or Speculum Dianæ, The British Museum (in reverse)
    Related Paintings
    P127A The Lake of Nemi, with Diana and Callisto, Trustees of Jane, Lucy and Charles Hoare, The National Trust, Strourhead
    Critical commentary
    This print was based on P127A The Lake of Nemi, with Diana and Callisto, Trustees of Jane, Lucy and Charles Hoare, on loan to the National Trust, Stourhead. As stated in the inscription the painting belonged to Wilson's patron, Henry Hoare. Originally announced in a newspaper advertisement in October 1758, the print was finally published by John Boydell in 1764 as a pendant to Wood's engraving The Gipsies after Gainsborough. It was the first print after a landscape by Wilson.
    Bibliography
    Public Advertiser, 14 October 1758; Booth Notes Doc. 6; Booth Notes Doc. 7; Edwards 1808, p. 88; WGC, p. 165; Clayton 1997, pp. 182 & 188; Wilson and Europe 2014, p. 279
    Link to WG Constable Archive Record
    WGC/1/1/106
    Updated by Compiler
    2020-01-08 00:00:00

    Work of Art

    Prints

    • Louis Marvy after Wilson, Lake Nemi or Speculum Dianæ, The British Museum

    Versions

    • Joseph Woodafter Wilson, The Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianae, Royal Academy of Arts, London
    • Joseph Woodafter Wilson, The Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianae, National Museum Wales, Cardiff

    Paintings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) and Studio, The Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianae with Dolbadarn Castle (Diana and Callisto), Bristol City Museum and Gallery
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianae (The Lake of Nemi with Diana and Callisto), National Trust, Trustees of Jane, Lucy and Charles Hoare, Stourhead, Wiltshire
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Diana and Callisto, Private Collection
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Diana and Callisto, Lady Lever Art Gallery

    Biographies

    • Henry Hoare II, 'The Magnificent' (1705-1785)

    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
    • Timothy Clayton, The English Print, 1688-1802
    • 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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