Thomas Jones, 1742–1803, British, active in Italy (1776–83)
Title:
An Imaginary Landscape with a Traveller and Figures Overlooking the Bay of Baiae
Date:
1773
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
19 1/16 x 29 7/16 inches (48.4 x 74.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in green paint, very faint, lower right: "[...] Jones | 1773"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1973.1.29
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
horses (animals) | cows | clouds | ruins | woodwind instrument | landscape | music | musical instruments | leisure | travel | people | travelers | bay (body of water) | castle
Associated Places:
Baiae | Napoli | Campania | Italy
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Thomas Jones (1742-1803) (National Museum Wales, 2003-05-21 - 2003-08-10)Thomas Jones (1742-1803) (Whitworth Art Gallery, 2003-08-22 - 2003-10-26)Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20)
Publications:
Duncan Bull, Classic ground : British artists and the landscape of Italy, 1740-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, pp. 4, 40, no. 43, ND1354.4 B85 (YCBA)Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 130, 131, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)Greg Smith, Thomas Jones (1742-1803) : an artist rediscovered, , Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2003, pp. 15, 140, 141, no. 29, pl. no. 29, NJ18 J714 T56 2003 OVERSIZE (YCBA)