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    Near Rome
    Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Near Rome
    Date
    c.1768 (undated)
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    Metric: 50.2 x 75 cm
    Imperial: 19 3/4 x 29 1/2 in.
    Collection
    Private Collection, England
    Accession Number
    BB25
    Wilson Online Reference
    P156
    Exhibited
    Brighton 1920 (12); Machynlleth 1937 (7 - size incorrectly given); Exeter 1946 (74); London 1968 (2); Conwy 2009 (22); Weston 2011 (22); Gainsborough's House 2014 (unnumbered)
    Provenance
    Sir George Colebrooke; his sale Christie's 22-23 April 1774 (33 - A View in Italy); bt together with lot 34 (A ditto - its companion) by Boyd (£28.7.0); Benjamin Booth; thence by family descent
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Related Drawings
    D172 A Roman Altar at Palestrina, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
    Related Prints
    E72/2 Thomas Hastings after Wilson, Near Rome, 1820, The British Museum
    E72/2A Thomas Hastings after Wilson, Near Rome, 1820, The British Museum (inscribed 'R.Wilson pinxit | 1768')
    Critical commentary
    Whereas the present title is based on the engraving by Hastings, the elegant landscape itself (while non-specific in location) has something of the spirit of P46 Ariccia, Tate, London. The prominent Roman altar, similar to a drawing of one at Palestrina (see 'Related Drawings'), along with the silhouetted cypresses, confirm the Italianate setting. The date derives from the inscription on the etching by Hastings (see 'Related Prints').
    Bibliography
    Booth Notes, p. 1 (Nomentana & another late SrGC); Booth Notes Doc. 5, p. 2 (View in Italy late Sr G Colebrook); Booth Notes Doc. 8; Booth Notes, Doc. 9 (39 - A Grove with an Altar - Rocks on the Right - man woman & dog. finisht was Sr G: Colebrooke's 30 - 20); WGC, pp. 75, 91, 220-21, pl. 111b; Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 17, BB25; Lord 2009, p. 58, no. 22; Williams 2011, p. 32
    Link to WG Constable Archive Record
    WGC/1/1/128

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), A Roman Altar at Palestrina, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

    Prints

    • Thomas Hastings after Wilson, Near Rome, The British Museum
    • Thomas Hastings after Wilson, Near Rome, The British Museum

    Exhibitions

    • Brighton, Fine Art Galleries, 28 February - 2 May 1920
    • Conwy, Royal Cambrian Academy, 24 October - 23 December 2009
    • Weston Park, The Granary Art Gallery, 2 April - 3 July 2011
    • London, Royal Academy, 14 December 1968 - 2 March 1969
    • Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 7 March - 5 April 1946
    • Sudbury, Gainsborough's House, 11 January - 31 May 2014
    • Machynlleth, Wales, 26 July - 14 August 1937

    Biographies

    • Benjamin Booth (1732-1807)
    • Sir George Colebrook (1729-1809)
    • Sir Brinsley Ford (1908-1999)
    • The Revd Richard Salwey Booth (1762-1807)
    • Elizabeth Booth (1763-1819)
    • Marianne Booth, Lady Ford (1767-1849)
    • Sir Richard Ford (1758-1806)

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
    • Peter Lord, Richard Wilson. Life & Legacy
    • Brinsley Ford and other authors, The Ford Collection
    • Gareth Williams, Masterpieces from the Ford Collection
    • Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 4: Biographical Fragments and abandoned List of Works
    • Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 5: List of Wilson's Works with Owners
    • Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 8: List of Wilson's Paintings and Works by Old Masters and other Artists in Booth's Collection
    • Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 9: List of Wilson's Landscapes with Sizes and former Owners
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