- Description
-
- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
-
- Five Miles on the Road from Rome to Tivoli
- Between Rome and Tivoli
- Date
- 1781/04/26
- Medium
- Pencil, pen and grey ink, grey wash, touches of watercolour
- Dimensions
-
- image width 180mm,
- image length 240mm
- Inscription
-
- sheet, verso
- “April 26 1781 / 5 miles on the road from Rome to Tivoli”
- Inscription
-
- sheet, verso
- numbered “12”
- according to Agnew’s records
- Object Type
- Watercolour
-
- Catalogue Number
- FT255
- Description Sources
- Examination; Sotheby's records (image); Agnew's records
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 (BP10). Judith Merivale sold it to Dr Robert Alfred Worthington (1878–1945) of Exeter on 4 August 1932, for £8 8s. It is threafter untraced apart from its sale at Sotheby’s on 13 November 1997, lot 15—although see FT254.
- Associated People & Organisations
- Untraced
- Sotheby's, London, London, 13 November 1997, lot 15
- Dr Robert Alfred Worthington (1878 - 1945), Exeter, 4 August 1932, GBP 8.8s
- Judith Ann Merivale (1860 - 1945), Oxford, May 1915, BP10
- Maria Sophia Merivale (1853 - 1928), Oxford, May 1915, BP10
- John Herman Merivale (1779 - 1844), 1825
- James White (1744 - 1825), Exeter, 1816
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Thirteen Miles on the Road from Rome to Tivoli
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A View of the Spot where Hannibal is said to have looked at Rome
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A View of the Spot from which Hannibal is said to have looked at Rome
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