Hon. Henrietta Anne Fortescue, ca. 1765–1841, British
Title:
Near the Scuola de Virgilio
Date:
1817
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 3/4 × 15 inches (27.3 × 38.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right: "Near the Scuola di Virgili. Naples. HAFortescue March 18th | 1817"; inscribed on back in pen and brown ink, upper right: "The Hermitage of Gagliagli | Naples March 18th: 1817"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1515
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | rocks (landforms) | sailboat | river | arch
Associated Places:
Europe | Campania | Italy | Naples | Napoli
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)
Publications:
Duncan Bull, Classic ground : British artists and the landscape of Italy, 1740-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, p. 39, no. 41, ND1354.4 B85 (YCBA)