FDA-D.1099-2015
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1099-2015
Object type
Identification
Title
The Lateran Obelisk
Parrocel
Parrocel
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
collection
collection
Comments
See Collection Record FDA-D.970-2014
Other number
130
Description
Content (place)
Rome
Content (note)
View of the Lateran Obelisk in the Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano, with the Lateran Baptistery and Hospital
Dimensions
height (actual size): 265mm
width (actual size): 412mm
width (actual size): 412mm
Inscription
Inscribed in ink 'Vedouta del Baptistero Et Ospedale / di St Giovanni Laterano / no ventuno (ventuno crossed out)'
Numbered in ink in another hand upper right corner '130'
Inscribed in pencil in another hand on paper mount 'Baptistery', 'Hospital'
Numbered in ink in another hand upper right corner '130'
Inscribed in pencil in another hand on paper mount 'Baptistery', 'Hospital'
Materials & techniques note
Black-and-white chalk on buff paper, mounted on a sheet with a double grey 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
