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:
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:
landscape | road | cliffs | grotto | Grand Tour
Associated Places:
Posillipo | Naples
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20)English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
Publications:
British Art at Yale, Apollo, vol.105, April 1977, pp. 271, 273, fig. 8, N1 .A54 + OVERSIZE (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, 38-39, no. 39, ND1354.4 B85 (YCBA)Graham Reynolds, English Landscape 1630-1850, Apollo, vol.105, April 1977, p. 271, 273, fig. 8, N1 A54 105:2 + (YCBA)Simon Schama, The Yale Centre for British Art, TLS, the Times Literary Supplement, , May 20, 1977, p. 620, TLS Historical Archive