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    Apollo and the Nymphs
    Apollo and the Nymphs
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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    Artist
    Richard Earlom (1743-1822) after Wilson
    Title
    Apollo and the Nymphs
    Date
    Published 20 April 1772
    Medium
    Mezzotint on thick laid paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 470 x 618 mm
    Imperial: 18 1/2 x 24 5/16 in.
    Collection
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    NMW A 11417
    Wilson Online Reference
    E24A
    Description
    Apollo is seen playing his lyre on the banks of a river in a classical landscape with nymphs dancing in a ring and two children blowing bubbles. There is a temple and statue of a river god on the right right with hills in the background to the left and the sky infused with the rays of the rising sun.
    Provenance
    Given by Major F. Treharne James, 1922
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below the image:
    [1] Lower left: R. Wilson pinxt
    [2] Lower centre: R. Sayer Excudit
    [3] Lower right: R. Earlom sculp
    [4] Lower centre: APOLLO and the NYMPHS | From an ORGINAL PICTURE in the Possession of Mr. Sayer
    [5] Lower left: London. Printed for Robt. Sayer Map & Print Seller No. 5 New Fleet Sreet
    [6] Lower right: Published as the Act directs April 20th 1772
    Inscribed in pencil on original sheet:
    [1] Lower left corner: 113 in ellipse
    [2] Lower right corner: F/M/-
    [3] Upper right corner: b.E. 181/4 x 22
    Subject
    Based loosely on a passage from the Homeric Hymn to Apollo. The subject was popular with classical landscape painters of the 17th and 18th centuries. Apollo, god of the Sun, plays his lyre while the four Seasons (here described as nymphs) dance to the music.
    Related Prints
    E47 William Woollett and Benjamin Pouncy after Wilson, Apollo and the Seasons, The British Museum
    E47A William Woollett and Benjamin Pouncy after Wilson, Apollo and the Seasons, Royal Academy of Arts, London
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    Related Paintings
    P164 Apollo and the Seasons, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
    P164A Apollo and the Seasons, Indianapolis Museum of Art
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    Old Accession Number: 22.7
    1922.1 Gift
    Condition/Conservation
    Very dirty overall. There is a vertical tear along the platemark lower right, about 3 in. long. Trimmed to the platemark except of the left side.

    Work of Art

    Prints

    • William Woollett and Benjamin Pouncy, after Wilson, Apollo and the Seasons The British Museum
    • William Woollett and Benjamin Pouncy after Wilson, Apollo and the Seasons, Royal Academy of Arts, London

    Versions

    • Richard Earlom (1743-1822)after Wilson, Apollo and the Nymphs, Royal Academy of Arts, London
    • Richard Earlom (1743-1822)after Wilson, Apollo and the Nymphs, The British Museum

    Paintings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Apollo and the Seasons, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Apollo and the Seasons, Indianapolis Museum of Art

    Biographies

    • Richard Earlom (1743-1822)
    • Robert Sayer (1725-1794)
    • Major F. Treharne James (1861-1942)
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