Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Ducros (Swiss, 1748-1810)
A trial proof for 'A view over the gulf of Bala' and 'A view towards Nisida from the coast of Pozzuoli'

each watercolour with pencil over etched outlines on laid paper (w/o margins)
Each unframed: 31 x 47 cm. (12 1/8 x 18 1/2 in.)
(2, a pair)

Literature:

Images of the Grand Tour: Louis Ducros 1748-1810, exh. cat., Geneva, 1985, appendix II, p. 104, 'Catalogue des Vues de Rome et des environs... Vues du Golfe de Naples à sequins', numbers 2 and 3, (as Vue du Golfe de Baye et des Etudes de Neron and Vue du Golfe de Pouzzel, et de l'isle d'Ifchia)

Ducros was a Swiss painter trained in Geneva who moved to Rome in 1776. He spent the next 30 years in Italy, travelling widely to Naples, southern regions, Sicily, and Malta.