FDA-D.1056-2014
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1056-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Temple of Antoninus and Faustina
Parrocel
Parrocel
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
collection
collection
Comments
See Collection Record FDA-D.970-2014
Other number
87
Description
Content (place)
Rome
Content (note)
View of the Temple of Antonius and Faustina
Dimensions
height (actual size): 417mm
width (actual size): 267mm
width (actual size): 267mm
Inscription
Inscribed in ink '87' in the upper right corner, on paper mount
Inscribed in ink in another hand 'Tempio di Antonino & di Faustina', and in another hand 'no seÿ'
Inscribed in ink in another hand 'Tempio di Antonino & di Faustina', and in another hand 'no seÿ'
Materials & techniques note
Black-and-white chalk on buff paper, mounted on a sheet with a double grey wash border
Watermark 'J Whatman'
Watermark 'J Whatman'
Production
Person
Parrocel, Etienne, 1696 - 1775 (Artist)
Date
Before 1740
History and association
Previous ownership
Baddeley, Welbore St. Clair, 1856 - 1945: Bequested to Eton College in 1945
Hare, Augustus: Possibly owned by Augustus Hare, Rome
Peachey, John (2nd Baron Selsey), 1749 - 1816: J. Peachey purchased the drawings from W. Locke after his return from the Grand Tour in 1777
Locke, William: W. Locke purchased the drawings in Rome in 1750
Hare, Augustus: Possibly owned by Augustus Hare, Rome
Peachey, John (2nd Baron Selsey), 1749 - 1816: J. Peachey purchased the drawings from W. Locke after his return from the Grand Tour in 1777
Locke, William: W. Locke purchased the drawings in Rome in 1750
References
• Ingamells, J., A Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy 1701-1800, New Haven and London, 1997 (p. 750)
• Quarrie, P., Treasures of Eton College Library: 550 years of collecting, exhibition catalogue, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1990 (pp.110-111)
• Connor, L., A Set of Chalk Vedute by Etienne Parrocel, Eton Collections Review no.3, pp.50-55
• Quarrie, P., Treasures of Eton College Library: 550 years of collecting, exhibition catalogue, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1990 (pp.110-111)
• Connor, L., A Set of Chalk Vedute by Etienne Parrocel, Eton Collections Review no.3, pp.50-55
