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    Studies & Designs: Vesuvius

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    Studies & Designs: Vesuvius
    Studies & Designs: Vesuvius
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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.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    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.

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, p. 45
    • Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, p. 66
    • Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752: From the King of Naples' Garden at Portici, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, p. 77
    • The Crater of Vesuvius, The British Museum
    • Landscape with the Crater of Vesuvius, Royal Academy of Arts, London
    • Landscape with Vesuvius, Royal Academy of Arts, London)

    Prints

    • E60/24 John Whessell after Wilson, Studies & Designs: Vesuvius, The British Museum

    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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