Studies & Designs: Landscape with two Figures under Trees

Studies & Designs: Landscape with two Figures under Trees
Studies & Designs: Landscape with two Figures under Trees
Studies & Designs: Landscape with two Figures under Trees
National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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Artist
John Whessell (c.1760-1806) after Wilson
Title
Studies & Designs: Landscape with two Figures under Trees
Date
Published 1811
Medium
Soft-ground etching on India laid paper
Dimensions
Metric: 99 x 147 mm
Imperial: 3 7/8 x 5 3/4 in.
Accession Number
NMW A 10985
Wilson Online Reference
E60/14A
Description
Landscape with a man and a woman under trees in the left foreground. The man gestures to the right across a river winding through fields - all in an etched rectangular border.
Provenance
Thomas Henry Thomas Bequest 1916
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image: 'Wilson inv | Whessell sc'
Mount inscriptions
[1] Lower centre, pencil: 9
Subject
No precise subject seems intended and the dress of the figures combines the ancient with the modern
Related Drawings
D53/20 Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752, p. 20, 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 print is taken from p. 20 (D53/20). 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. 9
Condition/Conservation
Proof state