View of a ruined Building with a Spire seen above the Remains of a…

View of a ruined Building with a Spire seen above the Remains of a…
View of a ruined Building with a Spire seen above the Remains of a…
View of a ruined Building with a Spire seen above the Remains of a…
National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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Artist
John Whessell (c.1760-1806) after Wilson
Title
View of a ruined Building with a Spire seen above the Remains of a Wall
Date
Published 1811
Medium
Soft-ground etching on India laid paper
Dimensions
Metric: 105 x 155 mm
Imperial: 4 1/8 x 6 1/16 in.
Accession Number
NMW A 10976
Wilson Online Reference
E60/11A
Description
View of a ruined building with a spire seen above the remains of a wall, visible in the middle distance. Two figures rest amongst classical rubble in the left foreground before a portico - alll 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: 7
Subject
The subject may be intended as an elegiac meditation on past architectural glories
Related Drawings
D53/6 Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752, p. 6, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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. 6 (D53/6). In 1811 the etchings were published by the Oxford-based publisher, Robert Archer in more than one format.
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
16.182
Bibliography
Archer 1811, p. 7
Condition/Conservation
Proof state
Updated by Compiler
2017-09-19 00:00:00