drawing;
album
- Museum number
- Nn,2.13
- Description
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'Tomb of Plautus', near Tivoli, formerly part of an album; arched bridge in left with circular structure behind, foreground in shadow. 1781
Pen and grey ink and grey wash and watercolour
- Production date
- 1781
- Dimensions
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Height: 190 millimetres
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Width: 244 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- From album NN,02.1-32
See Nn,1.1 for information about the Towne albums as a whole.
The following label was written by Richard Stephens for the Towne exhibition in 2016:
This is a view of a famous tomb beside the Ponte Lucano as it crosses the river Aniene just west of Tivoli. The tomb had a circular castellated design similar to the tomb of Cecilia Metella south of Rome. Towne made at least two visits to Tivoli, in April and May 1781. The view depicted in this watercolour was well-known to artists, and Towne has adopted the same viewpoint that was used by Piranesi and others.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2016 Jan-Aug, BM, 'Light, Time, Legacy: Francis Towne's watercolours of Rome' (no catalogue)
- Acquisition date
- 1816
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- Nn,2.13
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1972,U.609
