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• Author/Creator:Laporte, John, 1761-1839, artist.
  
• Title:[Scene at Twickenham] [art original] / J. Laporte 1785.
  
• Production:[England], [1785]
  
• Physical Description:1 painting : oil on canvas ; visible image 27 x 35 in.
  

• Yale Holdings

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  • Location:LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY, Prints and Drawings (Non-Circ)
    Request for Use in the Lewis Walpole Library
    
    
  • Call Number: LWL Ptg. 153 Framed, shelved in UFS Rack 1C-D
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    
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• Notes:Title, artist and date on brass plate on frame: Scene at Twickenham by J. Laporte. 1785.
  Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal: A wooded river landscape, traditionally identified as The Thames at Twickenham.
  Signed lower left: J. Laporte 1785.
  
• Summary:A scene along the Thames River in Twickenham with modest functional structures on the wooded banks bustling with activity. Barges with sails float on the water. A man leads two horses from the shore while other horses ford the river. A man with a companion pushes a wheelbarrow while a family strolls in the middle distance. On the far shore smoke billows from a chimney stack among a cluster of buildings.
  
• Variant and related titles:Other title: Wooded river landscape
  Traditional title: Thames at Twickenham
  
• Format:Visual Material
• Cite as:John Laporte. Scene at Twickenham. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
  
• Subjects:Thames River (England),
  Twickenham (London, England)
  
• Subjects (Local Yale):Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797--Ownership.
  
• Genre/Form:Paintings--British--18th century.