Tivoli, Showing Rome in the Distance

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Artist: Francis Towne / English, 1739/40-1816
Date: c. 1781
Medium: Pen and black ink and watercolor, with brush and black wash and touches of graphite, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 34.3 × 24.8 cm (13 9/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: pen and ink drawings
Place: Unknown Place
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
Accession no.: 1993.256.41

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Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.