Some account of the life of Richard Wilson, esq., R. A.
Subtitle: with testimonies to his genius and memory, and remarks on his landscapes. To which are added, various observations respecting the pleasure and advantages to be derived from the study of nature and the fine arts.
By: Collected and arranged by T. Wright, Esq. ...
Contributors: Mengs, Anton Raphael, 1728-1779.; Bond, William, fl. 1799-1833.; Longman (Firm); A. & R. Spottiswoode.
Publisher: Published for the benefit of the Artist's Benevolent Fund by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green
Published: 1824
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
Subjects: Wilson, Richard, -- 1713-1782.; Nature (Aesthetics); Landscape painting.
Other titles: Life of Wilson.
Notes: Title on spine: Life of Wilson.

Dedication to Sir Foster Cunliffe, Bart. is signed and dated: "By the Author. Norwood Park, April 6, 1824.

Frontispiece is engraved port. of Wilson by W. Bond, after Mengs, "Puby Longman, Hurst & Co. May, 1824."

"London: Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square"--Half t.p. verso (p. [ii] and colophon p. [276].

Appendix D containing a "List ... of Wilson's principal pictures ...": p. 270-273.

"Appendix E. The principal engravings from the paintings of Wilson ...": p. 274-275.

Includes bibliographical references.

Engl. Cat. (1801-36), p. 650.