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Studies & Designs: View of a Castle with a square Tower to the Right
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John Whessell (c.1760-1806) after Wilson
Studies & Designs: View of a Castle with a square Tower to the Right
Published 1811
Soft-ground etching, etching
155 x 209 mm
6 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.
1863,1114.250
E60/19
View of a castle, partly in shadow, with a square tower to the right, umbrella pines to the left and an arcade of arches at the base, seen from below a raised bank - all within an etched rectangular border
Bought from Samuel & Sons, 1863
Lettered below the image 'Wilson del. | Whessell Sc.'
D53/29 Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752, p. 29, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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From a set of small soft-ground etchings by Whessell at the British Museum ( E60/1- E60/44). These were made after Wilson's drawings in the sketchbook of the same title at the Victoria & Albert Museum (D53-D53/81). The present one is taken from p. 29 (D53/29). In 1811 the etchings were published by the Oxford-based publisher, Robert Archer in more than one format - this one with an introduction and list of subscribers.
26/09/2017