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Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower with a Man and a Donkey in the left Foreground
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Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower with a Man and a Donkey in the left Foreground
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The Trustees of the British Museum
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John Whessell (c.1760-1806) after Wilson
Title
Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower with a Man and a Donkey in the left Foreground
Date
Published 1811
Medium
Soft-ground etching, with etching
Dimensions
155 x 207 mm
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6 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.
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The British Museum.
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Accession Number
1863,1114.219
Wilson Online Reference
E60/42
Description
View of a ruined tower with a man and a donkey in the left foreground, looking up at it and a hillside ascending behind to the right
View of a ruined tower with a man and a donkey in the left foreground, looking up at it and a hillside ascending behind to the right
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Bought from Samuel & Sons, 1863
Bought from Samuel & Sons, 1863
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Lettered at the base of the image 'Wilson del | Whessell. Sc'
Lettered at the base of the image 'Wilson del | Whessell. Sc'
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From a set of title-page and 37 unbound soft-ground etchings in the British Museum.
From a set of title-page and 37 unbound soft-ground etchings in the British Museum.
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John Whessell, Active 1760-1799
Robert Archer, 1811
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Robert Archer,
Studies and Designs by Richard Wilson, done at Rome in the Year 1752
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