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    National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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    Artist
    John Whessell (c.1760-1806) after Wilson
    Title
    View of a ruined Building with a Spire seen above the Remains of a Wall
    Date
    Published 1811
    Medium
    Soft-ground etching on India laid paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 105 x 155 mm
    Imperial: 4 1/8 x 6 1/16 in.
    Collection
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    NMW A 10976
    Wilson Online Reference
    E60/11A
    Description
    View of a ruined building with a spire seen above the remains of a wall, visible in the middle distance. Two figures rest amongst classical rubble in the left foreground before a portico - alll within an etched rectangular border.
    Provenance
    Thomas Henry Thomas Bequest, 1916
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below the image 'Wilson del. | Whessell Sc'
    Mount inscriptions
    [1] Lower centre, pencil: 7
    Subject
    The subject may be intended as an elegiac meditation on past architectural glories
    Related Drawings
    D53/6 Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752, p. 6, 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. 6 (D53/6). In 1811 the etchings were published by the Oxford-based publisher, Robert Archer in more than one format.
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    16.182
    Bibliography
    Archer 1811, p. 7
    Condition/Conservation
    Proof state
    Updated by Compiler
    2017-09-19 00:00:00

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752, p. 6

    Versions

    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Building with a Spire seen above the Remains of a Wall, 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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