Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
William Woollett, 1735–1785, British

and William Ellis, 1747–1810, British

after Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782, British, active in Italy (1750–56)
Title:
Solitude
Date:
1778
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/2 x 21 7/8in. (44.5 x 55.6cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "L0120109 | 12334"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.14571
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | lions | sculptures | trees | plants | rocks (landforms) | ruins | churches | crosses | ponds | groves | pedestals | monks
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:
Martin Postle, Richard Wilson and the transformation of European landscape painting, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2014, pp. 138, 270, 271, 297, Cat. No. 120, fig. 118, NJ18.W72 R53 2014 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40398