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Tivoli, Showing Rome in the Distance

A work made of pen and black ink and watercolor, with brush and black wash and touches of graphite, on ivory laid paper.
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  • A work made of pen and black ink and watercolor, with brush and black wash and touches of graphite, on ivory laid paper.

Date:

c. 1781

Artist:

Towne, Francis
English, 1739/40-1816

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Francis Towne

Title

Tivoli, Showing Rome in the Distance

Place

Unknown Place (Object made in)

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1776–1786

Medium

Pen and black ink and watercolor, with brush and black wash and touches of graphite, on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

34.3 × 24.8 cm (13 9/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1993.256.41

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