William Page (1794–1872), Sicily & Greece

This week we have been researching an interesting group of works by / attributed to William Page (1794–1872). The group, which were possibly owned by one of Page's pupils, includes this striking view at the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion in Greece, the country with which the Page is most importantly associated. Page painted this temple a number of times; this version has a particularly striking composition with silhouetted palms, a motif Page has used elsewhere (image 2). The group also includes two views in Sicily, one of which is signed and shows a vantage point at the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Agrigento looking across the water towards the island of Ortigia—similar to that painted by Henry Tresham (1751–1814) (image 4, Yale Center for British Art, B1977.14.4387). The other, depicting ruins at the Temple of Hercules, Agrigento, matches the paper, sheet size and lettering of Page's Constantinople view in the V&A (SD.749).

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