- Description
-
- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
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- Tivoli, an Evening Study
- Date
- 1781/05/22
- Medium
- Pencil (?), pen and ink, wash
- Dimensions
-
- image width 222mm,
- image length 318mm
- Inscription
-
- verso
- “Tivoli, An Evening Study” (?), numbered “30”, and dated 22nd May
- based on the Barton Place catalogue
- Object Type
- Monochrome wash
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- Catalogue Number
- FT266
- Description Sources
- Barton Place catalogue; Paul Oppé notes
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 (BP13). On 5 March 1936 (May 1936 according to the Barton Place catalogue) Judith Merivale sold it to Agnew’s (no.1864) for £6 and on the same day they sold it to Oliver Quibell of Newark (1863–1945) for £9 9s., whereafter it is untraced.
- Associated People & Organisations
- Untraced
- Oliver Quibell (1863 - 1945), Newark, 5 March 1936, GBP 9.9s
- Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 5 March 1936, GBP 6
Barton Place catalogue suggests May 1936 - Judith Ann Merivale (1860 - 1945), Oxford, May 1915, BP13
- Maria Sophia Merivale (1853 - 1928), Oxford, May 1915, BP13
- John Herman Merivale (1779 - 1844), 1825
- James White (1744 - 1825), Exeter, 1816
Other entries in Italy Series, April to June 1781
Francis Towne
Thirteen Miles on the Road from Rome to Tivoli
Thirteen Miles on the Road from Rome to Tivoli
Francis Towne
A View of Rocca di Papa with Part of the Convent
A View of Rocca di Papa with Part of the Convent
Francis Towne
A View of the Spot where Hannibal is said to have looked at Rome
A View of the Spot where Hannibal is said to have looked at Rome
Francis Towne
A View of the Spot from which Hannibal is said to have looked at Rome
A View of the Spot from which Hannibal is said to have looked at Rome
Francis Towne
Monte Porzio Catone from the Park of the Villa Mondragone at Frascati
Monte Porzio Catone from the Park of the Villa Mondragone at Frascati
Francis Towne
Blasted Pine Tree in the Villa Mondragone, Frascati
Blasted Pine Tree in the Villa Mondragone, Frascati
Footnotes
- 1 Paul Oppé records: notes, ca. 1915.
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Comment
Oppé described this drawing thus: “Fine prepared 8.75x12.5. Thin outline, loose. Blotting loose . . ., atmospheric idea. trees & road. Like some Devonshire also Cozens as fluid wash.”1
This is one of five sketches Towne is known to have made on 22 May (along with FT270, FT272, FT273, FT274). Judging by its inscription as “An Evening Study”, it was the last of these to have been made.