A caricature conversation depicting fourteen men gathered in a large room with a tessellated marble floor. At the left an Abbé, possibly Anton Maria Bisconi, is seated on a pile of folio volumes of the Vocabolario degli Accademici della Crusca. He holds a copy of Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno, a burlesque poem by various authors much in fashion at the time. Horace Mann is seated in a large ceremonial chair ornamented with the English Crown supported by the Lion and Unicorn. At the center of the composition, Lord Cowper sits with his back to the table of men gathered around Mann. Cowper converses with a man who may be the Earl of Moray. Six caricature portraits hang on the left and back walls of the room. The largest is a portrait of the artist Patch as a satyr. According to Watson, the chair and the servant’s livery suggest that the scene may be Mann’s house
Alternative Title:
Gathering at Sir Horace Mann's house
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal. and Some identifications based on drawings published by Watson: F.J.B. Watson, “Thomas Patch (1725-1782): Notes on his Life Together with a Catalogue of his Known Works,“ Walpole Society, 1939-1940. XXVII, pp. 15-50.
A caricature conversation group portrait depicting a gathering in the studio of the amateur artist Henry William Bunbury. Bunbury is seated at a round table in the center. The man presenting arms to him is Captain Walcott. At the right, wearing a tricorne hat is Captain Elliott. Patch is seated at his easel in the background and is painting the commmedia dell-arte character Puchinello. On the left, a servant holding back a curtain for an arriving guest has been identified as Valentino, Servitore di Piazza. Two paintings hang on the back wall. One to the left is a view of King’s College Cambridge. The other a figure and a horse
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal., Inscribed on verso: Henry Wm. Bunbury Rome 1770, aetat suae 20"., and Identifications are based on drawings published by W.B. Watson, “Thomas Patch, Some new light on his work” Apollo (May 1967), 348-353.
A caricature conversation depicting twelve men gathered at Sir Horace Mann’s house in Florence. A numbered key at lower right identifies most the twelve men. From left to right they are. 1. Mr. Pieters [Pieters], 2 Sir H. Mann, 3. Mr Trail [Rev. James Trail], 4. Capt. Bartie [Berie], 5. Mr. Althorp, 6. [Sir Williams Wynn], 7. Ld. Cowper, 8, Ld. Neauchamp, 9. Ld. Barkley [Berkeley], 10. Mr. Farmer [Turner], 11. [Abbe] P. (or B)illori, 12. [Patch]. The artist is carrying on his back a basket of volumes of the Vocabularia della Crusca. The paintings haning on the walls include at left: The Tower of Babel, and at center a group portrait of the Academia in session, flanked on either side by pictures referring to the “Crusca.”
LWL Ptg. 102 Framed, on view in Administration Area
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View of the Ponte Lucano and the Mausoleo dei Plauzi, or the tomb of the Plautius family, located near Tivoli in Italy. The rural scene is populated with figures both at work and leisure. Patch painted this type of scene for English grand tourists
Alternative Title:
Italianate river landscape and Italian riverscape
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal: An Italianate River Landscape.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy and Tivoli.
Subject (Name):
Mausoleo dei Plauzi (Tivoli, Italy),
Subject (Topic):
Mausoleums, Bridges, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Rivers, and Ruins
Thirty-seven men gather in a large room with a painted ceiling and a tessellated marble floor. They drink and converse in small groups. Some are seated at small tables. Servants provide coffee and punch. At the far right, the artist Thomas Patch, seated on the statue of a golden ass, holds a palette and painting stick. The front of the pedestal is inscribed: EREXIT| ANNO | [MD]CCLXI. A lengthy doggerel Italian verse is on the side. Seven canvases hang on the walls. From left to right they are an abbé, perhaps Anton maria Bisconi), Sir Henry Mainwaring, Lord Stamford, the Duke of Roxburghe Doune (later Earl of moray), the Rev. Johnathan Liyeatt, and on the right wall, a parody of a classical picture with Patch in Roman costume. Humorous statuettes represent the four continents. Some of the figures have been identified, including John Althorp, Duke of Roxburghe who is handing a letter to Horave Mann, Lord Cowper, Sir brooks Bridges and Charles Boothby. Other possible identities include Lord Grantham, Thomas Robinson, Lord Torrington and James White. At the center foreground a dog, perhaps Patch’s own, is seated on the floor with a collection of wine coolers and bottles
Alternative Title:
Punch party [from Watson]
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal., Alternative title from Watson: A punch party., Inscribed on the front of the plinth: EREXIT/ANNO/[M]DCCLXI., and For more information see Object File in Flat File 35.