The Falls of the Velino into the Nera near Terni
Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Ducros (1748 - 1810)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1748 - 1810
Materials
Watercolour and gouache over pencil (partly varnished) on paper
Measurements
780 x 1600 mm
Place of origin
Umbria
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730806
Summary
Watercolour and gouache over pencil (partly varnished) on paper, The Falls of the Velino into the Nera near Terni, partly varnished by Abraham Louis Ducros (Yverdon, Switzerland 1748 – Lausanne 1810). The falls of the Velino, where it empties itself into the Nera near Terni, known as the Cascate della Marmore, are about 650 feet high. Colt Hoare describes this drawing as showing the waterfall from the point where it should be but seldom is seen, i.e. from the opposite bank of the river.
Makers and roles
Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Ducros (1748 - 1810), photographer