Studies & Designs: Villa Vilsoniania

Studies & Designs: Villa Vilsoniania
Studies & Designs: Villa Vilsoniania
Studies & Designs: Villa Vilsoniania
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
John Whessell (c.1760-1806) after Wilson
Title
Studies & Designs: Villa Vilsoniania
Date
Published 1811
Medium
Soft-ground etching, with etching
Dimensions
Metric: 173 x 227 mm
Imperial: 6 13/16 x 8 15/16 in.
Accession Number
1863,1114.244
Wilson Online Reference
E60/33
Description
View of a villa on a wooded hillside overlooking water, with a figure on the path leading up to it from the left foreground - all within an etched rectangular border
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image with the title and 'Wilson del | Whessell Sc'
Subject
The inscription may identify one of the buildings shown, probably the most prominent one in the centre, as a real or imagined residence of Wilson's.
Related Drawings
D53/7 Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752, p. 7, Victoria & Albert Museum, London