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London 1862
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The International Exhibition 1862
London, South Kensington
1 May - 15 November 1862
Curators
Francis Turner Palgrave and others
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F.T. Palgrave,
Official Catalogue of the Fine Art Department, London International Exhibition
, 1862, printed for Her Majesty's Commissioners by Truscott, Son, and Simmons, 279 pp. with brief essays by Palgrave
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This massive successor to the Great Exhibition of 1851 unlike that exhibition was devoted to both industry and art. In a special gallery adjoining the Cromwell Road there were 1424 British paintings and works on paper. Wilson was represented by five paintings:
P86
The River Dee near Eaton Hall
(no. 104)
P90B
The Destruction of Niobe's Children
(no. 62)
P137
The Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli
(no. 61)
Rome - Story of Niobe
(no. 83 - lent H.A.J. Munro, Esq.) present location unknown
Apollo and the Seasons
(no. 96 - 'the figures by Mortimer' lent J. Bentley) present location unknown
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Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
The River Dee near Eaton Hall
, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham, Birmingham
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
The Destruction of Niobe's Children
, ex-National Gallery; destroyed 1944
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
The Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli
, Tate, London