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    Studies & Designs: View of a Castle on a wooded Hill

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    Studies & Designs: View of a Castle on a wooded Hill
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    Studies & Designs: View of a Castle on a wooded Hill
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    Artist
    John Whessell (c.1760-1806) after Wilson
    Title
    Studies & Designs: View of a Castle on a wooded Hill
    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
    1863,1114.234
    Wilson Online Reference
    E60/27
    Description
    View of a castle on a wooded hill in the middle distance, with a path running through fields and winding up to it from the left. The view is framed by the corners of houses in the 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 view is of the hilltop castle of the Counts of Aquino taken from the lower town of Roccasecca, near Frosinone south east of Rome and the birthplace of St Thomas Aquinas
    Related Drawings
    D53/39 Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752, p. 39, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
    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. 39 (D53/39). 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. 39, Victoria & Albert Museum, London

    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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