Thomas Jones, 1742–1803, British, active in Italy (1776–83)
Title:
An Imaginary Coast Scene, with the Temple of Venus at Baiae
Date:
1773
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
19 x 24 inches (48.3 x 61 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated, lower right: "T Jones | 1773"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.380
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
landscape | sail | plough | boat | bathers | bay (body of water) | horse (animal)
Associated Places:
Italy | Baiae | Campania | Napoli
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Imaginative Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-02-01 - 2006-08-18)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)Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20)
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 130, 131, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)Greg Smith, Thomas Jones (1742-1803) : an artist rediscovered, , Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2003, pp. 15, 140,141, no. 28, pl. no. 28, NJ18 J714 T56 2003 OVERSIZE (YCBA)