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    Studies & Designs: Villa Vilsoniania

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    Studies & Designs: Villa Vilsoniania
    Studies & Designs: Villa Vilsoniania
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    Artist
    John Whessell (c.1760-1806) after Wilson
    Title
    Studies & Designs: Villa Vilsoniania
    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
    1863,1114.244
    Wilson Online Reference
    E60/33
    Description
    View of a villa on a wooded hillside overlooking water, with a figure on the path leading up to it from the left foreground - all within an etched rectangular border
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below the image with the title and 'Wilson del | Whessell Sc'
    Subject
    The inscription may identify one of the buildings shown, probably the most prominent one in the centre, as a real or imagined residence of Wilson's.
    Related Drawings
    D53/7 Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752, p. 7, Victoria & Albert Museum, London

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752, p. 7, 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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