Lake Albano
1762
Artist, British, 1713/1714 - 1782

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 121.9 x 170.4 cm (48 x 67 1/16 in.)
framed: 145.4 x 195.6 x 7 cm (57 1/4 x 77 x 2 3/4 in.) -
Accession
1983.1.44
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Possibly Walter Spencer-Stanhope [d. 1822], Horsforth and Cannon Hall, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Simon Spencer-Stanhope [b. 1924]. (Banks Hall, Barnsley, sale, Henry Spencer and Sons, 16 September 1965, no. 229, repro.); (Thos. Agnew & Sons, London); purchased June 1966 by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; gift 1983 to NGA.[1]
[1] Information from Thos. Agnew & Sons, supplied by Evelyn Joll.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1961
Pictures from North Country Houses, Cannon Hall, Barnsley, 1961, no. 35.
1986
Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986, unnumbered checklist
Bibliography
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 438, repro.
1992
Hayes, John. British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 334-336, color repro. 335.
2014
Spencer-Longhurst, Paul. Richard Wilson Online. 2014: P118, color repro. [http://www.richardwilsononline.ac.uk]
Inscriptions
lower center in reverse monogram: WR. 1762
Wikidata ID
Q20178207