Baths of Dioclesian (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)

Baths of Dioclesian (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
Baths of Dioclesian (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
Baths of Dioclesian (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Artist
James Gandon (1742-1823) after Wilson
Title
Baths of Dioclesian (from Twelve Original Views in Italy)
Date
Published 29 January 1776
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Metric: Spine: 254 mm; sheet: 248 x 343 mm; plate: 184 x 257 mm
Imperial: Spine: 10 in.; sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 1/2 in.; plate: 7 1/4 x 10 1/8 in.
Accession Number
B1977.14.21011(c)
Wilson Online Reference
E34
Description
A broad open space, flanked by buildings on either side including the ruins of the Baths, with another building at the far end. In the right foreground a woman and boy talk to a beggar leaning against a post. Further away there are two groups of two figures and a man with a staff near fragments of a fallen column. Other figures can be seen near a wall on the right. Light from the left casts a shadow over most of the foreground.
Provenance
Acquired 1977
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image:
[1] Lower left: R. Wilson del.
[2] Lower right: Jas. Gandon sc.
[3] Lower centre: BATH'S of DIOCLESIAN. [sic]
Related Drawings
D106 Baths of Diocletian, British Museum, London
Versions
See 'Links' tab
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
Object ID: 49690
Bibliography
Booth Notes Doc. 7; Edwards 1808, p. 88; T.J. Mulvany, The Life of James Gandon, Esq. 1846, facsimile reprint ed. M. Craig, 1969, pp. 191-92
Condition/Conservation
Bound with eleven other 'original views' in an old leather binding with 'Views of Rome' imprinted on the spine but lacking a title page. Spine of the binding: 254 mm (10 in.)