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    Studies & Designs: View of a Bridge with Castel Sant'Angelo behind

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    Studies & Designs: View of a Bridge with Castel Sant'Angelo behind
    Studies & Designs: View of a Bridge with Castel Sant'Angelo behind
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    Artist
    John Whessell (c.1760-1806) after Wilson
    Title
    Studies & Designs: View of a Bridge with Castel Sant'Angelo behind
    Date
    Published 1811
    Medium
    Soft-ground etching, with etching
    Dimensions
    Metric: 155 x 209 mm
    Imperial: 6 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1863,1114.222
    Wilson Online Reference
    E60/18
    Description
    View of a bridge with Castel Sant'Angelo behind, a boat with fisherman in front and a man holding a gun sitting under large trees in the left foreground - all within an etched rectangular border
    Provenance
    Bought from Samuel & Sons, 1863
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below the image 'Wilson del | Whessell Sc'
    Subject
    The Castel Sant'Angelo, seen in the distance, was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family. Constructed on the right bank of the Tiber from 134-139 AD, the building, once the tallest in Rome, was later used by the popes as a fortress and castle. According to legend the Archangel Michael appeared above it, sheathing his sword as a sign of the end of the plague of 590 AD.
    Related Drawings
    D53/21 Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752, p. 21, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
    D119 The Castle of Sant' Angelo, Rome, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
    D119A The Castle of St Angelo, Rome, Tate, London
    Related Prints
    E60/17A Studies & Designs: Castle of St Angelo, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    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. 21 (D53/21). 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.

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752, p.21, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
    • The Castle of Sant' Angelo, Rome, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
    • The Castle of St Angelo, Rome, Tate, London

    Prints

    • Studies & Designs: Castle of St Angelo, National Museum Wales, Cardiff

    Versions

    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View of a Bridge with Castel Sant'Angelo behind, National Museum Wales, Cardiff

    Biographies

    • John Whessell (Active 1760-1799)
    • Robert Archer (1811)

    Documents

    • Robert Archer, Studies and Designs by Richard Wilson, done at Rome in the Year 1752
    This print is part of the "Studies & Designs British Museum" sketchbook
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