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    National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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    Artist
    John Whessell (c.1760-1806) after Wilson
    Title
    Studies & Designs: Coastal Scene, with a Cross on a tall Rock out at Sea
    Date
    Published 1811
    Medium
    Soft-ground etching on India laid paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 99 x 147 mm
    Imperial: 3 7/8 x 5 3/4 in.
    Collection
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    NMW A 10978
    Wilson Online Reference
    E60/10A
    Description
    Coastal scene, with a cross on a tall rock standing isolated a little way out to sea beyond a small boat with a single oarsman crossing in the left foreground. Two figures are seen on a flat rock near the base of the cliffside to the right - all within an etched rectangular border.
    Provenance
    Thomas Henry Thomas Bequest 1916
    Signature/inscription
    No inscriptions
    Mount inscriptions
    [1] Lower centre, pencil: 3
    [2] Lower right, pencil: Coast Scene
    Related Drawings
    D53/2 Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752, p. 2, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    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 one is taken from p. 2 (D53/2). In 1811 the etchings were published by the Oxford-based publisher, Robert Archer in more than one format.
    Bibliography
    Archer 1811, p. 2
    Condition/Conservation
    Proof state
    Updated by Compiler
    2017-09-18 00:00:00

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752, p. 2, Victoria & Albert Museum, London

    Versions

    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: Coastal Scene, with a Cross on a tall Rock out at Sea, 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
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