Organised by the British Council, the exhibition was the most important showing of British eighteenth-century painting in Canada and the USA to date. After Montreal it toured to the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; and Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. It comprised 86 paintings, including six by Wilson:
P62A Lake Albano and Castel Gandolfo (no. 74)
P64 Rome from the Ponte Molle (no. 73)
P83 Croome Court, Worcestershire (no. 75)
P108 The Ruined Arch in Kew Gardens (no. 76)
P120A Llyn Peris and Dolbadarn Castle (no. 77)
P152A Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle (no. 78)
