- Description
-
- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
-
- Tivoli
- Date
- 1781/05/21
- Medium
- Pencil, pen and grey ink, grey wash
- Dimensions
-
- image width 253mm,
- image length 191mm
- Support
- right edge irregular
- Inscription
-
- sheet, verso
- “No35 / Tivoli May 21 1781 / Francis Towne”
- Object Type
- Monochrome wash
-
- Collection
-
- (47/1953)
- Catalogue Number
- FT268
- Description Sources
- Examination; Museum 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 (BP12). Judith Merivale sold it to Squire Gallery on 19 March 1935 for £4 10s. It was probably bought there by Sir Michael Ernest Sadler (1861–1943) for his son Michael Thomas Harvey Sadleir (1888–1957), who sold it to Agnew’s (no.4001) on 26 October 1944 for £35. On 5 October 1945 Agnew’s sold it to Spink & Son for £42 10s. 6d. By 1951 it was owned by Gilbert Davis (1899–1983), who had probably acquired it from Spink, to whom he sold it on 21 January 1953. On 31 July 1953 Spink sold it for £65 to the present owner, the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter (47/1953).
- Associated People & Organisations
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter, 21 July 1953, GBP 65, 47/1953
- Spink & Son, London, London, 31 July 1953
- Gilbert Davis (1899 - 1983), 1951
- Spink & Son, London, London, 5 October 1945, GBP 42 10s. 6d
- Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 26 October 1944, GBP 35, no.4001
- Michael Thomas Harvey Sadleir (1888 - 1957)
- [?] Sir Michael Ernest Sadler (1861 - 1943)
- Squire Gallery, London, 19 March 1935, GBP 4.10s
- Judith Ann Merivale (1860 - 1945), Oxford, May 1915, BP12
- Maria Sophia Merivale (1853 - 1928), Oxford, May 1915, BP12
- John Herman Merivale (1779 - 1844), 1825
- James White (1744 - 1825), Exeter, 1816
- Exhibition History
- [?] 73rd Annual Exhibition of Water-Colour Drawings, Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1946, no. 73
- 74th Annual Exhibition of Water-Colour Drawings, Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1947, no. 54
- Annual Exhibition of Watercolours, Spink & Sons, 1948
- Three Exeter Artists of the Eighteenth Century: Francis Hayman RA, Francis Towne, John White Abbott, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 1951, no. 29
- Paintings and Drawings by Francis Towne and John White Abbott in the collection of Exeter Museums and Art Gallery, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 1971, no. 10
- Francis Towne & John White Abbott: Paintings and Watercolours from the Exeter Museums and Art Gallery, Marble Hill House, 1973, no. 10
- Bibliography
- Jane C. Baker, Catalogue of Oil Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings and Sculpture, Exeter Museums: Exeter, 1978, pp. 118-119
- Adrian Bury, Francis Towne - Lone Star of Water-Colour Painting, Charles Skilton: London, 1962, pp. 80, 133
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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