Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by William Woollett, 1735–1785, British

after Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782, British, active in Italy (1750–56)
Title:
Celadon and Amelia
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/8 x 22 1/4 inches (46 x 56.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "20./ - "
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.14566
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | ruins | bridge (built work) | lightning | shepherd | science | meteorology | dead | literary theme | storm
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Richard Wilson and the Transformation of European Landscape Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-03-06 - 2014-06-01)

Nobleness and Grandeur - Forging Historical Landscape in Britain, 1760 - 1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-01-27 - 2005-04-24)
Publications:
Sebastian Mitchell, James Thomson's picture collection and British history painting, Journal of the History of Collections, 2011, pp. 1, 2, fig. 1, V 2208 (YCBA) Full Text also Available on line (ORBIS)

Martin Postle, Richard Wilson and the transformation of European landscape painting, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2014, pp. 132, 133, 284, 286, no. 101, fig. 110, NJ18.W72 R53 2014 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

David H. Solkin, Richard Wilson, the landscape of reaction, Tate Publishing, London, 1982, pp. 220-21, no. 112, no. 112, NJ18 W72 S65 + (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40373