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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, etching
    Dimensions
    Metric: 175 x 227 mm
    Imperial: 6 7/8 x 8 15/16 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1863,1114.246
    Wilson Online Reference
    E60/24
    Description
    Three men with two mules can be seen halted in a field before a volcano, beside a fourth figure who sits on a stone to the right - all within an etched rectangular border
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below the image with the title and 'Wilson del. | Whessell Sc'
    Related Drawings
    D53/45 Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, p. 45
    D250 Landscape with Vesuvius, Royal Academy of Arts, London
    Related Prints
    E60/35 John Whessell after Wilson, Studies & Designs: Vesuvius, The British Museum
    Critical commentary
    From a set of small soft-ground etchings by Whessell at the British Museum ( E60/1- E60/44). These were made after Wilson's drawings in the sketchbook of the same title at the Victoria & Albert Museum (D53-D53/81). The present one is taken from p. 45 (D53/45). In 1811 the etchings were published by the Oxford-based publisher, Robert Archer in more than one format - this one with an introduction and list of subscribers.

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, p. 45
    • Landscape with Vesuvius, Royal Academy of Arts, London

    Prints

    • 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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