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There were several watercolours, including the images above these captions:

- "Francis Towne’s 1780 watercolour of a ruined tomb on the road from Rome signified the transience of human achievement (Credit: The Trustees of the British Museum)"

- "Towne’s 1780 watercolour Inside the Colosseum is a study of the Roman Empire’s decay (Credit: The Trustees of the British Museum)"

- "Towne’s 1781 watercolour of Tivoli’s Villa of Maecenas is dominated by a wild, natural landscape (Credit: The Trustees of the British Museum)"

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