[The Thames near Marble Hill] [art original].

Description

Title: [The Thames near Marble Hill] [art original].
Contributor: Wilson, Richard, 1713-1782, attributed name.
Published / Created: [not after 1782]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: A view of the Thames from the right bank, nearly opposite Marble Hill Park. The white building visible through the trees on the right is Lady Suffolk’s House, Marble Hill. A sailboat floats on the water. A rider on horseback leads a second horse along the riverbank. Figures gather at leisure under the foreground tree, while across the river other stroll on paths through the lawn
Description: Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal.
Formerly attributed to Richard Wilson, now attributed to his circle.
Another version of this scene is in the National Gallery. This is reproduced in W.G. Constable, Richard Wilson, plate 57a. Horace Walpole records in his copy of the exhibition catalogue that Wilson exhibited a painting of the View of the Thames near Richmond at the Society of Arts 1762. This painting is not included in David Solkin’s Richard Wilson Online Catalogue Raisonné (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art).
Provenance: Purchased with Vose Gallery, Boston, from whom acquired by W.S. Lewis, in August 1961, for $3,000.
Extent: 1 painting : 25 x 35 in., framed to 31 x 42.5 in.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: No linguistic content