Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower at Sea (Coast Scene near…

Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower at Sea (Coast Scene near…
Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower at Sea (Coast Scene near…
Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower at Sea  (Coast Scene near…
National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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Artist
John Whessell (c.1760-1806) after Wilson
Title
Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower at Sea (Coast Scene near Naples)
Date
Published 1811
Medium
Soft-ground etching on India laid paper (proof)
Dimensions
Metric: 103 x 148 mm
Imperial: 4 1/16 x 5 9/16 in.
Accession Number
NMW A 10944
Wilson Online Reference
E60/20A
Description
View of a ruined tower at sea, facing another far off to the left, with three figures in a small boat at the edge of the shore in the left foreground and other boats beyond on the right - all within an etched rectangular border
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image: Wilson del. | Whessell.Sc
Subject
Traiditonally based on a coastal scene near Naples but possibly a reminiscence of the Venetian lagoon
Related Drawings
D53/19 Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752, p. 19, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Versions
See 'Links' tab
Bibliography
Archer 1811 p. 28; Connoisseur, April 1923