Studies & Designs: View inside an ancient Building with shallow round…

Studies & Designs: View inside an ancient Building with shallow round…
Studies & Designs: View inside an ancient Building with shallow round…
Studies & Designs: View inside an ancient Building with shallow round…
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
John Whessell (c.1760-1806) after Wilson
Title
Studies & Designs: View inside an ancient Building with shallow round Archways
Date
Published 1811
Medium
Soft-ground etching, with etching
Dimensions
Metric: 135 x 207 mm
Imperial: 5 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.
Accession Number
1863,1114.225
Wilson Online Reference
E60/5
Description
View inside an ancient building with shallow round archways and two figures in the right foreground on a bank inside - all within an etched rectangular border
Provenance
Bought from Samuel & Sons, 1863
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image 'Wilson del | Whessell Sc'
Related Drawings
D53/27 Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752, p. 27, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Versions
See 'Links' tan
Critical commentary
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. 27 (D53/27). 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.
Bibliography
Archer 1811, p. 13