- Description
-
- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
-
- Convent of S. Eframo Vecchio
- Date
- 1793
- Medium
- Pencil, pen and grey ink, watercolour
- Dimensions
-
- image width 324mm,
- image length 495mm
- Inscription
-
- sheet, recto, lower left
- “[“Francis Towne” scratched out] / del 1783”
- Object Type
- Watercolour
-
- Collection
- Versions
- Convent of S. Eframo Vecchio
- Catalogue Number
- FT395
- Description Sources
- Examination; Museum records (image)
Provenance
Untraced until bought in 1922 by the present owner, the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (D.1922.28).
- Associated People & Organisations
- Manchester Museum & the Whitworth, University of Manchester, Manchester, 1922, D.1922.28
- 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. 20
- English Watercolours, 1750-1850, Norwich Castle Museum, 1955, no. 15
- Bibliography
- T. D. Barlow, Twenty early English water-colour drawings in the Whitworth Art Gallery: Manchester, 1951, no. 7
- Adrian Bury, Francis Towne - Lone Star of Water-Colour Painting, Charles Skilton: London, 1962, pp. 79, 136
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Francis Towne
Much Wenlock, Shropshire, with the Ruins of the Priory Church
Much Wenlock, Shropshire, with the Ruins of the Priory Church
Francis Towne
The Wrekin, on the Road between Much Wenlock and Shrewsbury
The Wrekin, on the Road between Much Wenlock and Shrewsbury
Francis Towne
A View going from the Head of Lake Como over Mount Splugen
A View going from the Head of Lake Como over Mount Splugen
Francis Towne
The Campagna near Rome looking towards the Sabine Mountains
The Campagna near Rome looking towards the Sabine Mountains
Francis Towne
A View of Loreto with Part of the Adriatic Sea
A View of Loreto with Part of the Adriatic Sea
Francis Towne
A View near the Arco Scuro Looking towards the Villa Medici
A View near the Arco Scuro Looking towards the Villa Medici
Francis Towne
An Evening View from Mount Palatine looking towards Mount Aventine
An Evening View from Mount Palatine looking towards Mount Aventine
Francis Towne
A View on the Banks of the Tiber near Monte Milvio
A View on the Banks of the Tiber near Monte Milvio
Francis Towne
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
Francis Towne
Chateau de Glerolles, near Vevey on Lake Geneva
Chateau de Glerolles, near Vevey on Lake Geneva
Francis Towne
Abbey Valley Crucis, near Llangollen on the River Dee, North Wales
Abbey Valley Crucis, near Llangollen on the River Dee, North Wales
Francis Towne
A View on the Banks of the Dee above Llangollen
A View on the Banks of the Dee above Llangollen
Francis Towne
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
This is a copy of the 1781 Naples drawing (FT241), although the original sketch has been so highly worked on in Towne’s later years that it has the character of a watercolour later in date than this copy of it.