- Description
-
- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
-
- In the Villa Mondragone
- Date
- 1781
- Medium
- Pencil, pen and black ink, grey wash
- Dimensions
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- image width 257mm,
- image length 381mm
- Inscription
-
- sheet, verso
- “No.60. In the Villa Dragona. Francis Towne. 1781”
- Object Type
- Monochrome wash
-
- Collection
- Catalogue Number
- FT290
- Description Sources
- Christie's records (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 (BP22b). Judith Merivale sold it to Squire Gallery in September 1934 for £6 6s., from where it was probably purchased by Sir Michael Ernest Sadler (1861–1943), whose son Michael Thomas Harvey Sadleir (1888–1957) sold it to Agnew’s (no.3779) on 10 March 1944. On 24 August 1944 it was bought from Agnew’s for £33 12s. less commission of £1 13s. 7d. by Sir William Worsley, Bt (1890–1973), whose family sold it at Christie’s on 20 November 1984, lot 69, to the present owner, the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (RP-T-1984-120).
- Associated People & Organisations
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 20 November 1984, RP-T-1984-120
- Christie's, London, London, 20 November 1984, lot 69
- Sir William Worsley (1890 - 1973), 24 September 1944, GBP 33.12s
- Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 10 March 1944, no.3779
- Michael Thomas Harvey Sadleir (1888 - 1957), 1943
- Sir Michael Ernest Sadler (1861 - 1943)
- Squire Gallery, London, September 1934, GBP 6.6s
- Judith Ann Merivale (1860 - 1945), Oxford, May 1915, BP22b
- Maria Sophia Merivale (1853 - 1928), Oxford, May 1915, BP22b
- John Herman Merivale (1779 - 1844), 1825
- James White (1744 - 1825), Exeter, 1816
- Exhibition History
- The Squire Gallery Summer Exhibition of Early English Watercolours & Drawings, Squire Gallery, 1934, no. 8
- Watercolours by Francis Towne, City Art Gallery, 1950, no. 15
- Early English Water Colours, Leeds City Art Gallery, 8 October 1958 to 23 November 1958, no. 99
- Bibliography
- Adrian Bury, Francis Towne - Lone Star of Water-Colour Painting, Charles Skilton: London, 1962, p. 140
- Timothy Wilcox, Francis Towne, Tate Publishing: London, 1997, p. 86
- Sir William Worsley, Early English Water-Colours at Hovingham Hall: 1963, p. 8
Other entries in Italy Series, April to June 1781
Thirteen Miles on the Road from Rome to Tivoli
A View of Rocca di Papa with Part of the Convent
A View of the Spot where Hannibal is said to have looked at Rome
A View of the Spot from which Hannibal is said to have looked at Rome
Monte Porzio Catone from the Park of the Villa Mondragone at Frascati
Blasted Pine Tree in the Villa Mondragone, Frascati
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