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    London 1964-65
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    Painting in England 1700-1850 from the Collection of Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon
    London, Royal Academy
    1964-65
    Curators
    Many people worked to bring this exhibition to completion. The Mellons' friend, Basil Taylor, an English art historian, advised them on the development of their collection.
    Related Publication
    Painting in England 1700-1850: Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon with introduction by Basil Taylor [Taylor 1964]
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    The exhibition was a selection from the larger one held at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond Va. the preceding year [Richmond 1963], with the addition of more recent acquisitions. It included the following six paintings by or ascribed to Wilson, five of which remain in the collection of the Yale Center for British Art:

    P14 A View of Dover (no. 57)
    P47A Lago d'Agnano with Vesuvius (no. 56)
    P76A Wilton House from the South-East (no. 52)
    P90 The Destruction of Niobe's Children (no. 301)
    P109 Kew Gardens: The Pagoda and Bridge (no. 55)
    Unlocated: River View ('On the Arno') (no. 54)
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    2018-09-05 00:00:00

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    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Lago d'Agnano with Vesuvius in the Distance (Lago d'Agnano - I), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Wilton House from the South East (Wilton House, South East View across the River Nadder), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Kew Gardens: The Pagoda and Palladian Bridge, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) A View of Dover (A View of Dover Castle), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Destruction of the Children of Niobe, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
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