Library Collection. Drawings
View looking over the little town of Novi to the plains of Marengo and beyond to the mountains above Turin and the more distant Alps
Hakewill, James, 1778-1843 (draftsman)
03 July 1816
1 drawing : graphite ; 13.9 x 21.5 cm.
This was sketched on the road from Alessandria to Genoa, just to the south of the little town of Novi.
The drawing was glued on a cardboard, originally numbered 2.19, and kept in a portfolio. Title from note on the original cardboard. Forms part of: Library Collection. Drawings.
Cubberley, T. & Herrmann, L. Twilight of the Grand Tour, p. 135, fig. 2.19
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MountainsRural areasPictorial works
ItalyPiedmontAlps, ItalianNoviPiemonte
1810-1820
Drawings
British School at Rome
JH[DRA]-069
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The 22nd BSR Annual Report (1921-1922) notes the accession of the six portfolios of drawings made in Italy by James Hakewill in 1816-1817. Thanks are expressed to the heirs of the late Mr. Michael Tomkinson of Franche Hall, Kidderminster.
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