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Hugh William Williams, FRSE (Scottish, 1773-1829)
A View of the Vatican from the South-East inscribed with title top centre and annotated top left 'porta angelica' pen and ink over pencil on paper, unframed 28.6 x 46.7cm

Footnote: The present drawing and the ones in the following 2 lots belong to an important group of drawings which record Williams' return journey from Greece to Scotland in 1818, as corroborated in his journal from his Grand Tour. The majority of these views depict Italy and thus attest to Williams' travels through Naples and Rome, before heading home via Switzerland, Germany and France.

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