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    Spiker 1820
    Author
    Samuel Heinrich Spiker
    Title/Description
    Travels through England, Wales and Scotland in the year 1816
    Publisher
    Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones
    Country
    London, UK
    Date of Publication
    1820
    Printed/Manuscript
    Primary published
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    The book was the result of travels undertaken by Spiker, Librarian of the King of Prussia, in England from September 1815 to November 1816, mainly over the last three months. It was published in English in two volumes, dedicated to 'The Friends of England'.
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    Vol. 1, p. 314 includes the following description after Spiker's visit to Ince Blundell: 'The room in which we took our wine after dinner, was ornamented with five [actually four] beautiful landscapes, of the celebrated English landscape painter, Wilson, which, during his residence in Italy, he had executed for Mr. Blundell. They are all attached to the wall as decorations, and contain views of the country in the vicinity of Rome, Florence, &c.' [P71A, P119, P127, P142]
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    • Richard Wilson and Studio Landscape with Phaeton's Petition to Apollo, Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool
    • Richard Wilson and Studio The Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianae with Dolbadarn Castle (Diana and Callisto), Bristol City Museum and Gallery
    • Richard Wilson and Studio Distant View of Maecenas' Villa, Tivoli (A View of the Villa of Maecenas and the Falls at Tivoli), Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson and Studio Tivoli: The Temple of the Sibyl and the Campagna - I (A Distant View of Rome from Tivoli), Private Collection, England
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