Description
Creator
Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
Title(s)
  • Landscape Fragment
Date
ca. 1780 - 1781
Medium
Pencil, watercolour
Dimensions
  • image width 324mm,
  • image length 139mm
Inscription
  • sheet, verso
  • “No.23”
  • in brown ink
Object Type
Watercolour

Collection
Catalogue Number
FT262
Description Sources
Examination; Museum records (image)

Provenance

Bequeathed by the artist in 1816 to James White of Exeter (1744–1825), by whom it was given the same year to the present owner, the British Museum (1972.U.616).

Associated People & Organisations

British Museum, London, 1816, 1972,U.616
James White (1744 - 1825), Exeter, 1816
Exhibition History
Light, time, legacy: Francis Towne’s watercolours of Rome, British Museum, 2016

Comment

The drawing is not recorded by Binyon,1 but there is a note on the verso, perhaps in the hand of J. T. “Antiquity” Smith (1766–1833), the curator who first catalogued the drawings, that the sheet was “inserted in Page 19”, presumably a reference to one of the albums in which Towne’s drawings were presented to the British Museum in 1816.

The drawing seems to be a view of the countryside near Rome, with mountains in the distance. Possibly it is the entrance to the Arco Oscuro tunnel.

by Richard Stephens

Other entries in Rome Series, October 1780–July 1781

Francis Towne

Inside the Colosseum

Inside the Colosseum
Francis Towne

A View on the Banks of the Tiber

A View on the Banks of the Tiber
Francis Towne

On the Banks of the Tiber near Ponte Molle

On the Banks of the Tiber near Ponte Molle
Francis Towne

On the Banks of the Tiber near Ponte Molle

On the Banks of the Tiber near Ponte Molle
Francis Towne

Two Miles from Rome going out at the Porta Pia

Two Miles from Rome going out at the Porta Pia
Francis Towne

Part of the Ancient Roman Wall between Porta Salara and Porta Pinciana

Part of the Ancient Roman Wall between Porta Salara and Porta Pinciana
Francis Towne

Temple of Bacchus in the Distance

Temple of Bacchus in the Distance
Francis Towne

Temple of Bacchus Two Miles from Rome

Temple of Bacchus Two Miles from Rome
Francis Towne

Two Miles from Rome, going out at Porta Salara

Two Miles from Rome, going out at Porta Salara
Francis Towne

A View from Martinelli's Vineyard

A View from Martinelli's Vineyard
Francis Towne

Inside the Colosseum

Inside the Colosseum
Francis Towne

Inside the Colosseum

Inside the Colosseum
Francis Towne

From the Palatine Hill

From the Palatine Hill
Francis Towne

Near the Arco Oscuro

Near the Arco Oscuro
Francis Towne

Near the Arco Oscuro

Near the Arco Oscuro
Francis Towne

Inside the Colosseum

Inside the Colosseum
Francis Towne

Near the Arco Oscuro

Near the Arco Oscuro
Francis Towne

Near the Arco Scuro, looking into the Villa Borghese

Near the Arco Scuro, looking into the Villa Borghese
Francis Towne

Going into the Villa Ludovisi

Going into the Villa Ludovisi
Francis Towne

A Sepulchre by the Road between Rome and the Ponte Nomentana

A Sepulchre by the Road between Rome and the Ponte Nomentana
Francis Towne

Inside the Colosseum

Inside the Colosseum
Francis Towne

Inside the Colosseum

Inside the Colosseum
Francis Towne

The Colosseum

The Colosseum
Francis Towne

The Palatine Hill

The Palatine Hill
Francis Towne

Inside the Colosseum

Inside the Colosseum
Francis Towne

On the Palatine Hill

On the Palatine Hill
Francis Towne

On the Palatine Hill

On the Palatine Hill
Francis Towne

Part of the Palatine Hill

Part of the Palatine Hill
Francis Towne

The Claudian Aqueduct

The Claudian Aqueduct
Francis Towne

The Palatine Hill

The Palatine Hill
Francis Towne

Part of the Baths of Titus

Part of the Baths of Titus
Francis Towne

The Baths of Caracalla

The Baths of Caracalla
Francis Towne

The Baths of Caracalla

The Baths of Caracalla
Francis Towne

The Old Wall of Rome at the back of the Villa Medici

The Old Wall of Rome at the back of the Villa Medici
Francis Towne

The Baths of Caracalla

The Baths of Caracalla
Francis Towne

The Baths of Caracalla

The Baths of Caracalla
Francis Towne

Baths of Titus

Baths of Titus
Francis Towne

Near the Arco Oscuro

Near the Arco Oscuro
Francis Towne

The Frascati Hills

The Frascati Hills
Francis Towne

A view on the Palatine Hill

A view on the Palatine Hill
Francis Towne

St Peter’s from above the Arco Oscuro

St Peter’s from above the Arco Oscuro
Francis Towne

St Maria Nuova with the Temple of Venus and Rome

St Maria Nuova with the Temple of Venus and Rome
Francis Towne

The Tarpeian Rock

The Tarpeian Rock
Francis Towne

The Temple of Concord

The Temple of Concord
Francis Towne

The Temple of Vesta and the Temple of Fortuna Virilis

The Temple of Vesta and the Temple of Fortuna Virilis
Francis Towne

The Temple of Minerva Medica

The Temple of Minerva Medica
Francis Towne

Ponte Molle

Ponte Molle
Francis Towne

The Temple of Romulus

The Temple of Romulus
Francis Towne

The Arch of Septimus Severus

The Arch of Septimus Severus
Francis Towne

Villa Mellini

Villa Mellini
Francis Towne

The Forum

The Forum
Francis Towne

In the Villa Barberini

In the Villa Barberini
Francis Towne

In the Villa Barberini

In the Villa Barberini
Francis Towne

The banks of the Tiber

The banks of the Tiber
Francis Towne

Martinelli

Martinelli
Francis Towne

Going out from the Porta Pia, looking towards the Sabine Mountains

Going out from the Porta Pia, looking towards the Sabine Mountains
Francis Towne

Walls (?)of Rome

Walls (?)of Rome
Francis Towne

Landscape Fragment

Landscape Fragment

Footnotes

  1. 1 Binyon 1907.

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