The landscapes painted by Wilson between 1755 and 1760, the date of the first public exhibition of pictures[610] in England, cannot be absolutely identified, but he was probably spending much of his time in painting from the sketches made in Italy. In the exhibition of 1760 was his “Niobe.” In the same year he painted an upright picture of the Arno for the drawing-room mantel-piece of a patron in Platt Hall, Manchester. In 1761 were exhibited “The Lake of Nemi” and other Italian pictures. The “Phaeton” appeared in 1763, the “L’Anconetta” in 1764, the “Villa Madama” in 1765, and many other Italian pictures in these and successive years. By 1768 he had exhibited about thirty landscapes nearly all of which were based on his Italian sketches, and it was his custom through his life to paint pictures the chief elements of which were the sunny skies and ruined temples of classic regions. A recognition of the great influence of Italy over Wilson’s mind and art should not, however, be allowed to obscure the fact that he gave equally sympathetic response to the scenes of his own land. When Stothard was a student at the Royal Academy he asked Wilson to suggest to him something to copy, and Wilson, who happened to be looking out over the Thames, responded that there could not well be anything better to copy than that. That he loved English scenery becomes apparent when we study such pictures as the lovely “English Landscape”[611] in the possession of the Rev. Stopford Brooke, the “River Scene with Castle” in the South Kensington Gallery, the “View on the Wye”[611] in the National Gallery, the “De Tabley House” in the possession of A. T. Hollingsworth,[612] “Wilton in Wiltshire,”[613] “View in Kew Gardens,”[614] “Sion House,” and “A View near Chester.” The dates of these English pictures can seldom be determined, but it is evident that he made occasional sketching tours, for the exhibitions record views in Bedfordshire, Devonshire, and Cheshire, besides those of places in the immediate neighborhood of London such as St. James’ Park, Windsor Great Park, Kew Gardens, and Hounslow Heath.