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    Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
    Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
    Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
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    Artist
    Joseph Farington (1747-1821) after Wilson
    Title
    Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
    Date
    Published 29 January 1776
    Medium
    Etching
    Dimensions
    Metric: 170 x 250 mm
    Imperial: 6 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1849,1208.425
    Wilson Online Reference
    E38A
    Description
    Landscape with a bridge over the river in the centre. Three women are washing clothes on the bank in the foreground before woods and fences at the right, buildings at the left and a hill town in the far distance.
    Provenance
    Purchased from Jury, printseller, Charlotte Street, London, 1849
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below the image:
    [1] Upper left: R. Wilson del.
    [2] Upper right: Jos. Farington sc.
    [3] Centre: BRIDGE of AUGUSTUS at RIMINI.
    [4] Lower centre: Published Jan: 29 1776 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
    Subject
    The Ponte d'Augusto, built by the Emperor Augustus, leads out of Rimini near the triumphal arch (also dedicated to him), across the River Marecchia, to the ancient Via Emilia linking Rimini and Bologna. In the distance is the hill of the republic of San Marino.
    Related Drawings
    D41 The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, 1751, Tate, London (T09277)
    D41A The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, 1751, Private Collection, England
    D46 The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, c.1751-52, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (PD.47-1958)
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    Related Paintings
    P82 The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, c.1758-59, Private Collection, Yorkshire
    P82A The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini c.1758-59, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand (7-1947)
    P82C Ascribed to Wilson, Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (WA1931.1)
    Critical commentary
    The print differs from any known painting of the subject and was probably made directly from a drawing. Twelve Original Views in Italy was published by John Boydell as a compilation of etchings by different printmakers, produced over a number of years, after Wilson's drawings. Two of the etchers, Farington and Hodges, were Wilson's pupils. Farington executed this and one other in the series - E39 In the Strada Nomentana Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven and other impressions.
    Bibliography
    Edwards 1808, p. 88; WGC, p. 212 under pl. 99a

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Tate, London
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

    Versions

    • Joseph Farington (1747-1821)after Wilson, Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (from Twelve Original Views in Italy), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    • Joseph Farington (1747-1821)after Wilson, Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (from Twelve Original Views in Italy), The British Museum
    • Joseph Farington (1747-1821)after Wilson, Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (from Twelve Original Views in Italy), Royal Academy of Arts, London

    Paintings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Private Collection, Yorkshire
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (Roman Bridge at Rimini), Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand
    • Ascribed to Wilson, Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

    Biographies

    • John Boydell (1720-1804)
    • Joseph Farington (1747-1821)

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
    • Edward Edwards, Anecdotes of Painters who have resided or been born in England; with critical Remarks on their Productions
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