- Description
-
- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
-
- Cascade of Tivoli
- Date
- ca. 1781
- Medium
- Pencil, watercolour
- Dimensions
-
- image width 555mm,
- image length 779mm
- Support
- single sheet with a vertical crease down its centre
- Inscription
-
- sheet, recto
- “Cascade. Tivoli / F.Towne delt / No.21 1781”
- lower left
- Inscription
-
- sheet, verso
- “No21 / Cascade of Tivoli / Francis Towne”
- Object Type
- Watercolour
-
- Collection
-
- (1921P95)
- Catalogue Number
- FT260
- Description Sources
- Examinaton; Wilcox 1997 (image)
Provenance
Bequeathed by the artist in 1816 to James White of Exeter (1744–1825), on whose death it passed to Towne’s residuary legatee John Herman Merivale (1779–1844) and his successors. Merivale’s granddaughters Maria Sophia Merivale (1853–1928) and Judith Ann Merivale (1860–1945), both of Oxford, inherited the drawing in May 1915 (BP35). On 24 May 1921 they sold it to Agnew’s (no.9955) for £30 for onward sale the same day (for £350 with FT072, FT074, FT086, FT108, FT111, FT237, FT366, FT469, FT504) to the present owner, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (Inv. 95'21).
- Associated People & Organisations
- Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, 24 May 1921, GBP 350, Inv. 95'21
Acquired with FT072, FT074, FT108, FT111, FT237, FT366, FT469, FT504 - Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 24 May 1921, GBP 30, no.9955
- Judith Ann Merivale (1860 - 1945), Oxford, May 1915, BP35
- Maria Sophia Merivale (1853 - 1928), Oxford, May 1915, BP35
- John Herman Merivale (1779 - 1844), 1825
- James White (1744 - 1825), Exeter, 1816
- Exhibition History
- English Eye II, Unidentified location, 1958, no. 37
- Italian Exhibition, Rackham's, 1961
- English Artists in Italy, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1968, no. 65
- British Watercolours from Birmingham, Tokyo and tour, 1991
- British Watercolours from Birmingham, Bankside Gallery, 1992, no. 26
- Francis Towne, Tate Gallery; Leeds City Art Gallery, 24 June 1997 - 4 January 1998, no. 24
- Bibliography
- Adrian Bury, Francis Towne - Lone Star of Water-Colour Painting, Charles Skilton: London, 1962, p. 135
- Paul Oppé, 'Francis Towne, Landscape Painter', The Walpole Society: London, 1920, p. 113
Other entries in Italy Series, April to June 1781
Francis Towne
Thirteen Miles on the Road from Rome to Tivoli
Thirteen Miles on the Road from Rome to Tivoli
Francis Towne
A View of Rocca di Papa with Part of the Convent
A View of Rocca di Papa with Part of the Convent
Francis Towne
A View of the Spot where Hannibal is said to have looked at Rome
A View of the Spot where Hannibal is said to have looked at Rome
Francis Towne
A View of the Spot from which Hannibal is said to have looked at Rome
A View of the Spot from which Hannibal is said to have looked at Rome
Francis Towne
Monte Porzio Catone from the Park of the Villa Mondragone at Frascati
Monte Porzio Catone from the Park of the Villa Mondragone at Frascati
Francis Towne
Blasted Pine Tree in the Villa Mondragone, Frascati
Blasted Pine Tree in the Villa Mondragone, Frascati
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These are the Cascatelli at Tivoli.