A half-length portrait of Mason in profile facing left. The esteemed poet is portrayed holding a manuscript of his epitaph for his wife’s grave in Bristol Cathedral
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal., Attributed to Falconet based on dealer correspondence in object file and confirmed by Christie’s appraisal. Dealer correspondence notes it is a slightly different version of a Falconet reproduced in Ketton-Cremer’s Thomas Gray (1955)., and William Mason was an esteemed poet, and biographer of Thomas Gray and editor of his letters. Mason was among Horace Walpole’s chief correspondents.
LWL Ptg. 100 Framed, on view in Administration Area
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
still image
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., and 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).