Richard Wilson (August 1, 1714 - May, 1782) was a Welsh landscape painter, and one of the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768.

His landscapes were acknowledged as an influence by Constable and Turner.

Extant works include:

Contents

1 Landscapes 2 Portraits 3 Other 1 External link

Landscapes

• Caernarfon Castle
• Dolbadarn Castle
• Dover Castle
• Lake Avernus with a Sarcophagus
• Lydford Waterfall, Tavistock
• River at Penegoes
• The Garden of the Villa Madama, Rome
• Valley of the Mawddach with Cader Idris
• View at Tivoli
• View in Windsor Great Park
• Cilgerran Castle
• Classical Landscape, Strada Nomentana
• Conway Castle
• Dolgellau Bridge
• Italian Scene with an arch
• Acqua Acetosa, on the Tiber
• Coast Scene near Naples
• The Old Welsh Bridge, Shrewsbury
• Rome from the Ponte Molle (1754)
• Dinas Bran Castle, near Llangollen (1770 c.)
• Pembroke Town and Castle (1774)

Portraits

• Portrait of a Lady: Maid of Honour
• Self-portrait
• Boulter Tomlinson (1749)
• Sir Edward Lloyd (1750)

Other

• Ceyx and Alcyone (1768)

See also: English school of painting

External link

• http://www.newi.ac.uk/morrisge/wilson.htm -- "Richard Wilson, R.A. 1713-1782 Welsh landscape painter"
• Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle (c.1765) (http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/collections/18c/wilson.asp)