- Title:
- Entrance to the Grotto at Posilippo, Naples
- Date:
- 1781
- Materials & Techniques:
- 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]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - 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]