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    Pompey's Bridge at Terni
    Pompey's Bridge at Terni
    Pompey's Bridge at Terni
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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    Artist
    James Gandon (1742-1823) after Wilson
    Title
    Pompey's Bridge at Terni
    Date
    Undated
    Medium
    Etching on buff paper float mounted on modern cream paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: Original size: 208 x 165 mm
    Imperial: Original size: 8 3/16 x 6 1/2 in.
    Collection
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    NMW A 10919
    Wilson Online Reference
    E41E
    Description
    Oblique view of an old stone bridge with four figures, two reaching over the side and the others in the right foreground. Behind is a square tower with adjoining buildings and beyond, a mountain.
    Provenance
    Given by John Deffett Francis, 1886
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below the image with production detail: 'R. Wilson del.', 'Ja. Gandon sc.'
    Inscribed lower right, pencil: 86-104 DF
    Mount inscriptions
    [1] Lower right, pencil: 86.104.DF
    [2] Lower right, pencil: NMWA 10919
    Subject
    The architect Domenico Fontana (1543-1607) was appointed to build a new bridge at Terni to replace a dangerous older one over the River Nera. Pope Paul V inaugurated this in 1611 and his arms appear in the centre of the bridge together with inscriptions recording that the people of Terni replaced the original, ruined by age, at their own expense and named the new bridge Ponte Paolo in his honour. The bridge was rebuilt after the bombardment of the Second World War.
    Critical commentary
    Terni was one of the last stops on Wilson's journey from Venice to Rome in the company of William Lock in 1751-52. (See for example D61 The Cascade at Terni, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven). However, no related drawing or painting of the bridge by Wilson is known.
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    86.104 DF
    Bibliography
    Edwards 1808, p. 88; T.J. Mulvany, The Life of James Gandon, Esq. 1846, facsimile reprint ed. M. Craig, 1969, pp. 191-92
    More Information
    E41E is one of the few extant impressions of this etching (along with E41, E41B & E41C) to lack Boydell's publication line. This may indicate that, together with other prints in the series Twelve Original Views in Italy, it was first commissioned by Wilson with a view to publication himself, and only later passed or sold to Boydell when Wilson was hard pressed for cash.
    Condition/Conservation
    Trimmed to border near image. Needs surface clean.
    Updated by Compiler
    2025-05-08 00:00:00

    Work of Art

    Versions

    • James Gandon (1742-1823)after Wilson, Pompey's Bridge at Terni, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • James Gandon (1742-1823)after Wilson, Pompey's Bridge at Terni, Royal Academy of Arts, London
    • James Gandon (1742-1823)after Wilson, Pompey's Bridge at Terni, The British Museum
    • James Gandon (1742-1823)after Wilson, Pompey's Bridge at Terni (from Twelve Original Views in Italy), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    • James Gandon (1742-1823)after Wilson, Pompey's Bridge at Terni, The British Museum

    Biographies

    • John Deffett Francis (1815-1901)
    • James Gandon (1742-1823)
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