Joseph Mallord William Turner

Following the Via Flaminia south-west from Terni, the next place of interest on Turner’s route to Rome was Narni, a small hilltop town approximately seven miles away. This page contains two sketches on the approach from the east. At the top is a panoramic distant view of the town with the church and castle of San Girolamo on the right and the eastern side of Narni on the left. The view continues on the opposite sheet of the double-page spread, see folio 58 verso (D14766). At the bottom is a closer view of the eastern point of entry to the town, the Porta Ternana, an imposing fifteenth-century gate set into the walls encircling Narni with cylindrical towers flanking the entrance.

In the bottom left-hand corner of the page is part of a landscape sketch from the previous page, see folio 58 verso (D14766). Turner has inscribed with the view the name of the town.