Studies & Designs: Extensive View with Sarcophagus on a Pedestal

Studies & Designs: Extensive View with Sarcophagus on a Pedestal
Studies & Designs: Extensive View with Sarcophagus on a Pedestal
Studies & Designs: Extensive View with Sarcophagus on a Pedestal
National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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Artist
John Whessell (c.1760-1806) after Wilson
Title
Studies & Designs: Extensive View with Sarcophagus on a Pedestal
Date
Published 1811
Medium
Soft-ground etching on India laid paper
Dimensions
Metric: 99 x 144 mm
Imperial: 3 /78 x 5 5/8 in.
Accession Number
NMW A 10948
Wilson Online Reference
E60/9A
Description
View over fields with a group of trees and a lake or broad river. In the left foreground is the corner of a building and a pedestal bearing a massive sarcophagus - all within an etched rectangular border.
Provenance
Thomas Henry Thomas Bequest 1916
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image 'Wilson, del | Whessell Sc'
Mount inscriptions
[1] Lower centre, pencil: 33
[2] Lower right, pencil: Architectural Study
Related Drawings
D53/22 Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752, p. 22
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). The present one is taken from p. 22 (D53/22). In 1811 the etchings were published by the Oxford-based publisher, Robert Archer in more than one format.
Bibliography
Archer 1811, p. 33
Updated by Compiler
2017-09-18 00:00:00