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Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower at Sea
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Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower at Sea
Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower at Sea
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Artist
John Whessell (c.1760-1806) after Wilson
Title
Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower at Sea
Date
Published 1811
Medium
Soft-ground etching, with etching
Dimensions
Metric: 155 x 209 mm
Imperial: 6 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.
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Collection
The British Museum.
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Accession Number
1863,1114.240
Wilson Online Reference
E60/20
Description
View of a ruined tower at sea, facing another far off to the left, with three figures in a small boat at the edge of the shore in the left foreground and other boats beyond on the right - all within an etched rectangular border
Provenance
Bought from Samuel & Sons, 1863
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image 'Wilson del | Whessell.Sc'
Subject
Traiditonally based on a coastal scene near Naples but possibly a reminiscence of the Venetian lagoon
Related Drawings
D53/19
Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752
, p. 19, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Versions
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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. 19 (D53/19). 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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2017-09-28 00:00:00
Work of Art
Drawings
Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752
, p. 19, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Versions
John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson,
Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower at Sea (Coast Scene near Naples)
, 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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