FDA-D.1096-2015
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1096-2015
Object type
Identification
Title
Aqueduct of San Gregorio
Parrocel
Parrocel
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
collection
collection
Comments
See Collection Record FDA-D.970-2014
Other number
127
Description
Content (place)
Rome
Content (note)
View of an Aqueduct, identified in inscription with San Stefano Rotondo, but more likely from San Gregorio, with a view of a tower possibly belonging to Santa Francesca Romana
Dimensions
height (actual size): 265mm
width (actual size): 413mm
width (actual size): 413mm
Inscription
Inscribed in pencil 'Aquedotti à San Stefano Rotondo'
Inscribed in ink in another hand 'no ventidue'
Numbered in ink in another hand lower right corner on paper mount '127'
Inscribed in pencil in another hand on paper mount 'Erroneously described, the arches belong to the Aqueduct in the valley of S. Gregorio', 'S. Francesca', 'Temples'
Inscribed in ink in another hand 'no ventidue'
Numbered in ink in another hand lower right corner on paper mount '127'
Inscribed in pencil in another hand on paper mount 'Erroneously described, the arches belong to the Aqueduct in the valley of S. Gregorio', 'S. Francesca', 'Temples'
Materials & techniques note
Black-and-white chalk on buff paper, mounted on a sheet with a double brown wash border
Watermark of a saint kneeling in a cartouche and watermark 'J Whatman'
Watermark of a saint kneeling in a cartouche and 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
