- Description
-
- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
-
- Thirteen Miles on the Road from Rome to Tivoli
- Between Rome and Tivoli
- Date
- 1781/04/26
- Medium
- Pencil, pen and ink, grey wash
- Dimensions
-
- image width 243mm,
- image length 374mm
- Inscription
-
- sheet, verso
- “13 miles on the road from Rome to Tivoli”, numbered “11”, and dated 26 April 1781
- Object Type
- Monochrome wash
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- Catalogue Number
- FT254
- 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 (BP9). In February 1935 Judith Merivale sold it to Squire Gallery for £6 6s. (see, however, FT265). It was subsequently owned by J. P. Chancellor, who sold it at Christie’s on 7 March 1972, lot 63, where it was bought by the Manning Gallery. It was owned by Anthony Reed between 1972 and 1974 and by Mrs Muriel Hirst between 1974 and 1979; prior to being on sale at W/S Fine Art Ltd in 2005, it was owned again by Anthony Reed. Either this drawing or FT255 is ,On the road from Rome to Tivoli, Apl 1781 sold to Agnew’s (no.4003) on 26 October 1944 for £35 by Michael Thomas Harvey Sadleir (1888–1957), son of Sir Michael Ernest Sadler (1861–1943). Agnew’s sold it on 24 July 1945 for £45 to Hon. Sir James Cochran Stevenson Runciman (1903–2000).
- Associated People & Organisations
- Anthony Reed (20th century), 2005
- Sotheby's, London, London
- W S Fine Art, 2005
- Mrs Muriel Hirst, 1974
- Anthony Reed (20th century), 1972
- Manning Gallery, 7 March 1972
- Christie's, London, London, 7 March 1972, lot 73
- J. P. Chancellor
- [?] Sir James Cochran Stevenson Runciman (1903 - 2000), 24 July 1945, GBP 45
- [?] Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 26 October 1944, GBP 35, no.4003
no.4003 may refer to either this drawing, or FT255 - [?] Michael Thomas Harvey Sadleir (1888 - 1957)
- [?] Sir Michael Ernest Sadler (1861 - 1943)
- Squire Gallery, London, February 1935, GBP 6.6s
- Judith Ann Merivale (1860 - 1945), Oxford, May 1915, BP9
- Maria Sophia Merivale (1853 - 1928), Oxford, May 1915, BP9
- John Herman Merivale (1779 - 1844), 1825
- James White (1744 - 1825), Exeter, 1816
- Private Collection
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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