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    National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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    Artist
    John Whessell (c.1760-1806) after Wilson
    Title
    Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower at Sea (Coast Scene near Naples)
    Date
    Published 1811
    Medium
    Soft-ground etching on India laid paper (proof)
    Dimensions
    Metric: 103 x 148 mm
    Imperial: 4 1/16 x 5 9/16 in.
    Collection
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    NMW A 10944
    Wilson Online Reference
    E60/20A
    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
    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
    See 'Links' tab
    Bibliography
    Archer 1811 p. 28; Connoisseur, April 1923

    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, 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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