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Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy
Details
Francis Towne (Middlesex 1739-1816 London)
Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy
signed, inscribed, dated and numbered 'No. 41 May 22. 1781. Villa Adriana. Light coming on the left-hand side. Francis Towne' (according to a typed label on the backboard)
pen and black ink and watercolour, fragmentary watermark
6 x 8 in. (15.2 x 21.6 cm.)
Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy
signed, inscribed, dated and numbered 'No. 41 May 22. 1781. Villa Adriana. Light coming on the left-hand side. Francis Towne' (according to a typed label on the backboard)
pen and black ink and watercolour, fragmentary watermark
6 x 8 in. (15.2 x 21.6 cm.)
Provenance
Professor Selwyn Image, by 1919.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 20 November 1953, part of lot 29 (185 gns to Agnew's).
with Agnew's, London, where purchased by Sir William Worsley, 1953, (190 gns), and thence by descent in the family.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 20 November 1953, part of lot 29 (185 gns to Agnew's).
with Agnew's, London, where purchased by Sir William Worsley, 1953, (190 gns), and thence by descent in the family.
Literature
A.P. Oppé, 'Francis Towne, Landscape Painter', Walpole Society, VIII, 1919-20, p. 111.
A. Bury, Francis Towne: Lone Star of Water-Colour Painting, London, 1962, pp. 95 and 143.
W.A. Worsley, Early English Water-Colours at Hovingham Hall, Hovingham, 1963, no. 66.
A. Bury, Francis Towne: Lone Star of Water-Colour Painting, London, 1962, pp. 95 and 143.
W.A. Worsley, Early English Water-Colours at Hovingham Hall, Hovingham, 1963, no. 66.
Exhibited
Leeds, City Art Gallery, Exhibition of Early English Watercolours, 1958, no. 92.
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