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G Wilson
An Italian Greyhound c.1690-1700
Oil on canvas | 73.7 x 86.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 402577
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Nothing is known of Wilson beyond the signiture on this painting and the fact that George Vertue mentioned a Wilson, 'who painted fowles birds of no great reputation, afterwards was auctioneer'. A greyhound bitch, seated on a red cushion in a landscape with trees and a classical villa in the background. Signed: 'G: Wilson Pt [pinxit]'
Provenance
First recorded in store at Windsor Castle in 1710 (no 99) as the 'Late Queen Mary's dog'; on the King's Back Stair at Kensington Palace in 1720 as 'a greyhound called "Nymph"'; still there in 1732 (when the room is called the 'Pictured Staircase') as Wilson; in the Passage at Kensington in 1818 (no 453) with the same attribution.
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
73.7 x 86.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
89.8 x 102.0 cm (frame, external)
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