Studies & Designs: View of a Fountain and Archway with three Women…

Studies & Designs: View of a Fountain and Archway with three Women…
Studies & Designs: View of a Fountain and Archway with three Women…
Studies & Designs: View of a Fountain and Archway with three Women…
National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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Artist
John Whessell (c.1760-1806) after Wilson
Title
Studies & Designs: View of a Fountain and Archway with three Women and Children
Date
Published 1811
Medium
Soft-ground etching on India laid paper
Dimensions
Metric: 104 x 154 mm
Imperial: 4 1/16 x 6 1/16 in.
Accession Number
NMW A 10967
Wilson Online Reference
E60/13A
Description
View of an ancient fountain, where three women are drawing water. An archway extends from it to the right and three children play further away on the left - all within an etched rectangular border.
Provenance
Thomas Henry Thomas Bequest 1916
Signature/inscription
No inscription visible
Mount inscriptions
[1] Lower centre, pencil: 30
Versions
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Critical commentary
From a set of small soft-ground etchings by Whessell made after Wilson's drawings in a sketchbook at the Victoria & Albert Museum (D53-D53/81). In 1811 the etchings were published by the Oxford-based publisher, Robert Archer in more than one format.
Bibliography
Archer 1811, p. 30
Condition/Conservation
Proof state