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Lot 45TP

William Marlow
(Southwark 1740-1813 Twickenham)
A distant view of Rome from the North

Amended
5 December 2018, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£20,000 - £30,000

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William Marlow (Southwark 1740-1813 Twickenham)

A distant view of Rome from the North
oil on canvas
101.6 x 127.3cm (40 x 50 1/8in).

Footnotes

Provenance
Jeremiah Harman (d. 1844), London (according to an old inscription on the stretcher bar, verso)
With Thomas Agnew and Sons, London, by 1978

Exhibited
Possibly, London, Society of Artists, 1769, no. 92
London, Thomas Agnew and Sons, Three Centuries of British Painting, 1978, no. 31

Marlow travelled to Italy and France in the 1760s on the advice of the Duchess of Northumberland, and many of his Italian views remain at Alnwick Castle. A similar view by Marlow was offered at Sotheby's London on 13 June 2002, lot 6. The present work and the Sotheby's work relate to a drawing from circa 1766, which is now in the Oppé Collection, Tate Gallery.

Saleroom notices

Please note there is additional provenance for this lot: Jeremiah Harman (d. 1844), London (according to an old inscription on the stretcher bar, verso) With Thomas Agnew and Sons, London, by 1978 The Collection of Sir Sidney Barratt, Crowe Hall, Bath

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