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Creator:
Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Title:

Entrance to the Grotto at Posilippo, Naples

Date:
1781
Medium:
Watercolor and gray ink over graphite on medium slightly textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/8 x 9 1/8 inches (32.1 x 23.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Watermark: Names (Heawood 3462)

Inscribed black ink, upper left: "No 9"; upper center: "Naples | March 23, 1781"; in brown ink, upper center: "Francis Towne"; in graphite, upper center: "32 73.P. Entrance to the Grotto at | Posilippo - see drawings | at B.M."

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1416
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
cliffs | Grand Tour | grotto | landscape | road
Associated Places:
Naples | Posillipo
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5080
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Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

British Art at Yale, Apollo, v.105, April 1977, pp. 271, 273, fig. 8, N1 .A54 + OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]

Duncan Bull, Classic ground : British artists and the landscape of Italy, 1740-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, pp. 5, 6, 38-9, no. 39, ND1354.4 B85 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Graham Reynolds, English Landscape 1630-1850, Apollo, vol.105, April 1977, p. 271, 273, fig. 8, N1 A54 105:2 + (YCBA) [YCBA]

Simon Schama, The Yale Centre for British Art, TLS, the Times Literary Supplement, , May 20, 1977, p. 620, TLS Historical Archive [ORBIS]


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