Thomas Jones, 1742–1803, British, active in Italy (1776–83)
Title:
The Grotto at Posillipo
Date:
ca. 1782
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, pen and gray ink, and gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/2 × 16 5/8 inches (29.2 × 42.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and gray ink, lower left to lower right below image: "The Entrance, next Naples, of the Grotto of Pausilipo [sic] _ which is about 2400 feet long, in some parts 90, in others 70, + in one part between 10 + 20 high | and 22 wide._"; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper right: "Maas"; in graphite, lower right: "No 2 B[...] [...]t"; in graphite, lower center: "Entrance of [...] Grotto of Pausilipo [sic], next Naples, which is about 2400 feet long of an unequal height <...> 90 - feet in some [?parts], in others 70, + in one part a little under 20 + 22 in width -"; in graphite, lower right: "3 [...]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1993.9
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
rocks (landforms) | architectural subject | clouds | cobblestones | shadows | height | figures | cave | stone | door | gates | trees | grotto | tunnel | landscape | Grand Tour
Associated Places:
Europe | Italy | Naples | Posíllipo | Grotto of Sejanus
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Thomas Jones (1742-1803) (National Museum Wales, 2003-05-21 - 2003-08-10)Thomas Jones (1742-1803) (Whitworth Art Gallery, 2003-08-22 - 2003-10-26)Thomas Jones (1742-1803) (The National Gallery, London, 2003-11-12 - 2004-01-15)Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14)
Publications:
Greg Smith, Thomas Jones (1742-1803) : an artist rediscovered, , Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2003, pp. 62-63, 208, 229-30, 247, no. 139, pl. no. 139, NJ18 J714 T56 2003 OVERSIZE (YCBA)Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, pp. 128-129, no. 146, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)