Studies & Designs: Vesuvius

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Studies & Designs: Vesuvius
Studies & Designs: Vesuvius
Studies & Designs: Vesuvius
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
John Whessell (c.1760-1806) after Wilson
Title
Studies & Designs: Vesuvius
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
1863,1114.245
Wilson Online Reference
E60/35
Description
View into the crater of Vesuvius, with plumes of smoke rising in the centre and two figures, one sitting one standing, on the edge of the crest in the left foreground - all within an etched rectangular border
Provenance
Bought from Samuel & Sons, 1863
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image: Wilson delt | VESUVIUS | Whessell Sc
Related Drawings
D53/45 Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, p. 45
D53/66 Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, p. 66
D53/77 Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752: From the King of Naples' Garden at Portici, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, p. 77
D249 Landscape with the Crater of Vesuvius, Royal Academy of Arts, London (03/1877)
Related Prints
E60/24 John Whessell after Wilson, Studies & Designs: Vesuvius, The British Museum
Related Works by Other Artists
John Downman, The Crater of Vesuvius, watercolour, 1774, Tate, London (T10174)
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. 66 (D53/66). In 1811 the etchings were published by the Oxford-based publisher, Robert Archer in more than one format.