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Sir Brinsley Ford, 1908-1999
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Biographical Details
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