John “Warwick” Smith published his version of this view in Select Views of Italy, which he called In the Apennines between Bologna and Florence.¹ In the text Smith described the view as being

near Monte Carelli, about twenty miles distant from Florence. . . . It presents a plain, covered with the most luxuriant herbage, watered by a small but clear stream, and beautifully contrasted by surrounding promontories of wood and rock: Beyond these, the mountains, in grand and picturesque forms, are seen rising, one above the other, till they seem lost in the colourless hue of the atmosphere; the whole together forming a beautiful and interesting composition.

Smith also noted the name of the inn, La Maschere, which he and Towne used when passing through Cafaggiolo a few miles back. Smith considered it the only good inn in the area, stating that the beautiful scenery near Montecarelli must “in some degree, compensate for the very indifferent accommodations he [the traveller] must submit to”.² Towne and Smith probably did not stay the night at La Maschere, as this sketch, a few miles north, is evidently an evening view, with lighting from the west. Smith’s comment about indifferent accommodations was perhaps based on personal experience, therefore.