Thomas Jones
A View on the Via Nomentana

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Artist Thomas Jones (British (Welsh), 1742–1803)British (Welsh), 1742–1803

CultureBritish (Welsh)

Titles

A View on the Via Nomentana

Date1778

MediumOil and pencil on paper

DimensionsSheet (approximately): 8 13/16 × 15 1/2 in. (22.4 × 39.3 cm)
Frame (inner): 9 1/4 × 15 15/16 in. (23.5 × 40.5 cm)
Frame: 14 1/4 × 20 15/16 × 2 1/8 in. (36.2 × 53.2 × 5.4 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.2022.6

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

218 Blaffer Galleries

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Department

Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceElizabeth Dale (1781–1806), younger daughter of the artist; by inheritance, Captain John Dale, husband of the former; by descent, Mrs. Elphinstone Farrier, London; [Farrier sale, Christie’s, London, 2 July 1954, Property of a Lady whose husband was a descendant of Thomas Jones, a pupil of Richard Wilson, R.A., probably lot 215]; [Colnaghi's, London]; Sir Francis Watson, KCVO (1907–92), by 1958; by descent until 2014; [Christie’s, London, July 9, 2014, lot 206]; private collection, United Kingdom, until 2018; [Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker, Ltd., London]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 2023.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed with initials and inscribed on verso: 'TJ / without the Porta Pia Roma'

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