Thomas Jones
The Aventine from the River Tiber, Rome

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

CultureBritish (Welsh)

Titles

The Aventine from the River Tiber, Rome

Datec. 1780

MediumGraphite and watercolor on laid paper

DimensionsSheet: 13 1/4 × 20 3/8 in. (33.7 × 51.7 cm)

Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by the Robert Cummins Stuart and Frances Wells Stuart Endowment and the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment

Object number2024.288

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Special Collections

The Stuart Collection

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

Provenance[Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1959]; purchased by Walter Augustus Brandt (1902–1978), 1959–1978; by descent, 1978–2022; [Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker, London, 2022–2024]; purchased by MFAH, 2024.
Exhibition History86th Annual Exhibition of Water-Colour Drawings, THomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1959, cat. 2 (exh. cat.).

Thomas Jones (1742-1803): First Exhibition of the Artist’s Recently Discovered Oil Sketches of Wales, Rome, and Naples. Marble Hill House, London; Twickenham; National Museum of Wales, Cardiff; Greater London Council, London, 1970, cat. 40 (as Near Rome) (exh. cat. by Ralph Edwards).

Thomas Jones 1742-1803: An Artist Rediscovered, National Museums and Galleries of Wales, Cardiff, 2003, 183, under cat. 75, p. 199, cat. 91 (exh. cat. by Sumner, Ann, Greg Smith, and Christopher Riopelle).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Verso: Inscribed in graphite [cursive], upper left: 758 / Jones R[iver] Scene / 3/4 [...]

Watermark: Center: Fleur-de-lis in shield, surmounted by a crown, over letter "W" (Strasbourg Lily) (similar to Heawood 1857)

Catalogue raisonnénot published

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