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    Archer 1811
    Author
    Robert Archer
    Title/Description
    Studies and Designs by Richard Wilson, done at Rome in the Year 1752
    Publisher
    Robert Archer
    Country
    Oxford, UK
    Date of Publication
    1811
    Printed/Manuscript
    Primary published
    Source Institution
    Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Dept of Prints & Drawings
    Document Inventory/Accession No
    30.H.17
    More Information
    Bequeathed by Richard, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam, 1816. Contains title page, text and 51 soft-ground etchings by John Whessell, reproducing drawings from Wilson's eponymous 1752 Sketchbook [D53 - D53/81] in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (E.3586-1922). There is also a short biographical account of Wilson written by Dr Michael Marlow (c.1759-1828), President of St John's College Oxford. The volume contains mainly landscape studies of unidentified scenes, Rome, Naples and Vesuvius. When it was published in 1811 Wilson's reputation had undergone a major recovery and there was a strong interest in his drawings. It was republished in part in 1863 by William Tegg [see Tegg 1863]. Another copy is at the British Museum (1921.2.16.1-49), together with a set of plates (1863,1114.219-255). Another set is at Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales (NMW A 10942-10985). From those two sets the illustrations of individual plates are taken (E60/1 - E60-44). A further copy is at the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven.

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    Prints

    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Landscape Study, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, View of a ruined Building with a Spire seen above the Remains of a Wall, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Landscape Study, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: Oblique View of an Italian House with tall Chimney, attached Archway, Travellers and Fisherman, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View of a Fountain and Archway with three Women and Children, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies and Designs: Figures on Horseback crossing a Bridge, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View inside an ancient Building with shallow round Archways, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: A House on a Seashore with a Tower in the Distance, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Landscape Study: A Lake and Boaters with Trees and Rocks, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: Landscape with two Figures under Trees, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: Landscape with a round Tower and Bridge, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View of a Seashore with a naked Giant lying in the right Foreground surrounded by tiny Figures, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower with three Figures, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: Extensive View with Sarcophagus on a Pedestal, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: Castle of St Angelo, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View of a Bridge with Castel Sant'Angelo behind, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View of a Castle with a square Tower to the Right, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: Coastal Scene, with a Cross on a tall Rock out at Sea, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower at Sea (Coast Scene near Naples), National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View of a large House enclosed by a Fence, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View of a Castle with a square Tower to the Right, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: The Temple of Proserpine, The British Museum
    • 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
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: Vesuvius, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View of a Bridge with Castel Sant'Angelo behind, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View of a large Tree and Farmhouse, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: Oblique View of an Italian House with tall Chimney, attached Archway, Travellers and Fisherman, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower at Sea, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: Vesuvius from the Royal Gardens, Naples, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View of a Town with a tall square Tower, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View of a Castle on a wooded Hill, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View of a Man sitting on a fallen Tree Trunk, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: Extensive View with Sarcophagus on a Pedestal, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: Landscape with a round Tower and Bridge, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: Distant View of Ninfa and Norba, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View of Naples Harbour with the Lanterna del Molo and Vesuvius, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: Port of Vesuvius, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View of a Fountain and Archway with three Women and Children, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: Villa Vilsoniania, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View across a River towards a Palace and Bridges, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: Vesuvius, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View in a Town, Houses built on the Cliffs and Cascades falling between them to a Pool in the Centre, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower with three Figures, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs:: A Ruined Aqueduct jutting into a River, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: Coastal Scene, with a Cross on a tall Rock out at Sea, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View of Figures sitting in front of a small House surrounded by Trees, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: Landscape with two Figures under Trees, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: Entrance at Herculanium, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View of a Palace with a Dome, triangular Pediment and square Tower, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View inside an ancient Building with shallow round Archways, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View of a Building with a Tower at the Foot of a wooded Cliff overlooking the Sea, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View of a Port with a square Tower, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View of a Seashore with a naked Giant lying in the right Foreground surrounded by tiny Figures, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View of a ruined Tower with a Man and a Donkey in the left Foreground, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: View of a Stream snaking through a wooded Field, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs done in Rome: Title Page, The British Museum
    • John Whessell (c.1760-1806)after Wilson, Studies & Designs: St Jerome and the Lion, The British Museum
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