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    Sir Brinsley Ford, 1908-1999
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    Sir Richard Brinsley Ford was a collector, connoisseur, patron and authority on English 18th century art. From 1954 to 1961, he was a Trustee of the National Gallery and for 17 years (from 1972) he was secretary of the Society of Dilettanti.

    He inherited a distinguished art collection, including major paintings and drawings by Richard Wilson. This he developed further with judicious acquisitions of his own. In his 1951 monograph The Drawings of Richard Wilson, he gave the first comparative assessment of Wilson's drawings and investigated the stylistic distinctions between Wilson and his pupils and imitators. This book is still the only one to treat Wilson's drawings comprehensivity.

    The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art now houses the Brinsley Ford Archive. The archive contains material concerning British and Irish travellers in Italy in the 18th century, compiled by Sir Brinsley between c.1950 and 1988. Further papers have been added since this time and the archive was edited by John Ingamells for publication by the Paul Mellon Centre as A Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy, 1701-1800, 1997.

    Work of Art

    Paintings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Syon House from Richmond Gardens - II - Evening, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Lake Nemi, Figures Bathing, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Ruined Arch in Kew Gardens, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Villa Emiliana near Rome, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Near Rome, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Vale of Narni, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) River, Sea Coast and circular Ruin, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) 'L'Anconetta near Venice', Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) View near London, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Neath Castle Glamorganshire, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Lake Nemi with two Friars, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Murder, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Gypsies on a Road near Rome, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Distant View of Maecenas' Villa, Tivoli (Tivoli, Villa of Maecenas), Private Collection, England
    • Ascribed to Wilson, A Storm with a Man under a Tree, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) River and Fishermen, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Tower and Broken Bridge, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Tower by a Lake, Private Collection, England

    Drawings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Trinità dei Monti, Rome, The Courtauld Gallery, London
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Arch of Augustus at Rimini, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Villa Madama, Rome, with a Man seated in the Foreground, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Homage before a Statue, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Bernini's Elephant carrying an Obelisk, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) A Roman Relief showing a Poultry Shop, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Ionic Capitals, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Tall Trees, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Lake Scene by Moonlight, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) View from the Back of St Peter's, Rome, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) St George's Garden, Venice (Part of the Giudecca from the Island of San Giorgio, Venice), Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) A House at Chioggia, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) A House at Chioggia, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) A Rocky Landscape, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) A Church built on a projecting Rock, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Pastoral Landscape, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Panoramic View of San Marino, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Cattolica, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Gradara, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Loreto with the Basilica on the Left, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Palada, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) House with a high Portico, Bologna, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Log Fire, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) A Lake Scene, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Villa Negroni, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Bernini's Fountain of the Triton, Piazza Barberini, Rome, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Ruins in a Landscape, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) A Bridge, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Composition: Landscape with Figures on a Bridge, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Rocks and Ruins, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Landscape with a Tower, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Lake Scene , Private Collection, England
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