Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower with three Figures

Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower with three Figures
Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower with three Figures
Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower with three Figures
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
John Whessell (c.1760-1806) after Wilson
Title
Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower with three Figures
Date
Published 1811
Medium
Soft-ground etching, with etching
Dimensions
Metric: 175 x 229 mm
Imperial: 6 7/8 x 9 in.
Accession Number
1863,1114.231
Wilson Online Reference
E60/16
Description
View of a ruined tower with three figures gathered in front and others riding away on horseback in the left background - all within an etched rectangular border
Provenance
Bought from Samuel & Sons, 1863
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image 'Wilson del.| Whessell Sc Oxon'
Related Drawings
D53/15 Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752, p. 15, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
D361 Ruin and Figures, The British Museum (1881,0212.26)
D361A Landscape: Road winding past Ruins of a Castle, Victoria & Albert Museum, London (Dyce.645)
Related Prints
E72/16 Thomas Hastings after Wilson, Untitled, The British Museum (1854,0708.73) and other impressions
Versions
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Related Paintings
P168 Ruined Tower with a Figure Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery
P168A Two figures by a Ruin, Felbrigg Hall, National Trust
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 print is taken from p. 15 (D53/15). 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.
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2017-09-20 00:00:00