- Description
-
- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
-
- Looking towards Castello Madamo
- Date
- ca. 1781/04/22
- Medium
- Pencil, pen and ink, grey, blue and brown washes
- Dimensions
-
- image width 229mm,
- image length 317mm
- Support
- watermarked with a Strasbourg Lily design
- Inscription
-
- sheet, verso
- “April 22nd, 1781 / Light coming from the Right side view, sun from out of the picture / Francis Towne and Looking Towards Castello Madamo / No.4”
- Object Type
- Monochrome wash
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- Catalogue Number
- FT248
- Description Sources
- Examination; 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 (BP6). Judith Merivale sold it in August 1932 to Emily Norrie (perhaps 1891–1973) of Pequot Avenue, New London, Connecticut, for £50. On 21 April 1971 it was sold at Parke Benet, New York, on 21 April 1971, lot 181 for $175 to Agnew’s (no.0592), who sold it on 2 January 1973 to a collector (who died in 1996). In 1997 it was acquired by Gerald Bauer (see also 298), who sold it at Christie’s on 22 January 2003, lot 7, for £17,925 including fees to an anonymous buyer.
- Associated People & Organisations
- Private Collection, 22 January 2003, GBP 17925
- Christie's, London, London, 22 January 2003, lot 7
- Gerald Bauer, 1997
- Private Collection, 2 January 1973
- Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 21 April 1971, USD 175, no.0592
- Parke Benet Galleries, New York, 21 April 1971, lot 181
- Emily Norrie (1891 - 1973), New London, Connecticut, August 1932, GBP 50
- Judith Ann Merivale (1860 - 1945), Oxford, May 1915, BP6
- Maria Sophia Merivale (1853 - 1928), Oxford, May 1915, BP6
- John Herman Merivale (1779 - 1844), 1825
- James White (1744 - 1825), Exeter, 1816
- Exhibition History
- 100th Annual Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings, Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1973, no. 15
- L'Age d'Or de l'Aquarelle Anglais 1770-1900, Fondation de l'Hermitage, 1999, no. 12
- Bibliography
- Gerald Bauer, Le Siecle d'Or de L'Aquarelle Anglaise, Biblioth: Paris, 1998, p. 44
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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Comment
This is a view of Castello Madamo somewhere between the viewpoints of FT246 and FT247.