- Description
-
- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
-
- Bay of Naples
- Date
- ca. 1785
- Medium
- Pencil, pen and grey ink, watercolour
- Dimensions
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- image width 404mm,
- image length 885mm
- Mount
- (?) mounted by the artist
- Inscription
-
- sheet, recto, lower left
- “F.Towne / 1785”
- Object Type
- Watercolour
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- Collection
- Versions
- The Bay of Naples, Fitzwilliam Fitzwilliam Museum
Bay of Naples
The Bay of Naples, after Francis Towne
- Catalogue Number
- FT422
- Description Sources
- Examination; 1998 Royal Academy catalogue (image)
Provenance
Owned by Mrs E. S. Abbott before 1927, when purchased by the present owner, the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (D.1927.15).
- Associated People & Organisations
- Manchester Museum & the Whitworth, University of Manchester, Manchester, 1927, D.1927.15
- Mrs E. S. Abbott
- John White Abbott (1763 - 1851)
- Exhibition History
- Loan Exhibition of Water Colour Drawings from the Whitworth Art Gallery Manchester in Aid of the Funds of the Gallery, Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1954, no. 19
- A Loan Exhibition of English Drawings from the Whitworth Art Gallery, Colnaghi, 1967, no. 17
- English Artists in Italy, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1968, no. 97
- English Watercolours of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, Musee d'art moderne, 1973, no. 86
- British Artists in Europe, Whitworth Art Gallery, 1973, no. 9
- English Watercolours of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, Hermitage Museum, 1974, no. 2
- Travels in Italy 1776-1783 based on the Memoirs of Thomas Jones, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 1988, no. 97
- From View to Vision: British Watercolours from Sandy to Turner in the Whitworth Art Gallery, Whitworth Art Gallery, 1993, no. 41
- Art Treasures of England: The Regional Collections, Royal Academy, 1998, no. 213
- Bibliography
- Adrian Bury, Francis Towne - Lone Star of Water-Colour Painting, Charles Skilton: London, 1962, p. 136
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The Wrekin, on the Road between Much Wenlock and Shrewsbury
The Wrekin, on the Road between Much Wenlock and Shrewsbury
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A View going from the Head of Lake Como over Mount Splugen
A View going from the Head of Lake Como over Mount Splugen
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A View on the Banks of the Tiber near Monte Milvio
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A View of the Temple of Venus looking towards the Island of Nisida
A View of the Temple of Venus looking towards the Island of Nisida
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Chateau de Glerolles, near Vevey on Lake Geneva
Chateau de Glerolles, near Vevey on Lake Geneva
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Abbey Valley Crucis, near Llangollen on the River Dee, North Wales
Abbey Valley Crucis, near Llangollen on the River Dee, North Wales
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A View on the Banks of the Dee above Llangollen
A View on the Banks of the Dee above Llangollen
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A View of the Bay of Naples with the Island of Capri
A View of the Bay of Naples with the Island of Capri
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Comment
John White Abbott copied this drawing (FT814), which is based in part on FT230. Mrs E. S. Abbott cannot be identified among White Abbott’s family, but given his copy it makes sense to think of her as a descendant. Another version by Towne is dated 1796 (FT586).