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    Landscape Study

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    Landscape Study
    Landscape Study
    Landscape Study
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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    Artist
    John Whessell (c.1760-1806) after Wilson
    Title
    Landscape Study
    Date
    Published 1811
    Medium
    Soft-ground etching on India laid paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 140 x 194 mm
    Imperial: 5 9/16 x 7 5/8 in.
    Collection
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    NMW A 10965
    Wilson Online Reference
    E60/3A
    Description
    View of a town with houses built on the cliffs and cascades falling between them to a pool in the centre, with a few figures (in an etched rectangular border).
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below the image 'Wilson del | Whessell Sc'
    Mount inscriptions
    [1] Left corner, pencil: 44
    Related Drawings
    D53/52 Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752, p. 52, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    Critical commentary
    From a set of small soft-ground etchings by Whessell after Wilson's drawings in the sketchbook at the Victoria & Albert Museum (D53-D53/81). The present one is taken from p. 23 (D53/52). 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. 44
    Condition/Conservation
    Proof state
    Updated by Compiler
    2017-09-08 00:00:00

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Studies and Designs done in Rome in the Year 1752, p. 52, Victoria & Albert Museum, London

    Versions

    • 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

    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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