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    "Lago d'Agnano with Vesuvius in the Distance (Lago d'Agnano - I)" is linked to these Exhibitions
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    Yale 1965
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    Painting in England 1700-1850 from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
    New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery
    15 April - 20 June 1965
    Curators
    Basil Taylor
    Related Publication
    Exhibition catalogue: Painting in England 1700-1850: Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon, two vols, with introduction by Basil Taylor [Taylor 1965]
    More Information
    The exhibition comprised a selection of works from the larger exhibition held at the Royal Academy, London in 1964 [London 1964-65]. This in turn was a selection from an exhibition held in 1963 at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts [Richmond 1963]. It included six paintings by or ascribed to Wilson, five of which remain in the collection of the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven:

    P14 A View of Dover (no. 226)
    P47A Lago d'Agnano with Vesuvius (no. 225)
    P76A Wilton House from the South-East (no. 222)
    P90 The Destruction of Niobe's Children (no. 227)
    P109 Kew Gardens: The Pagoda and Bridge (no. 224)
    River View ('On the Arno') (no. 223) location unknown
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    05/09/2018

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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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