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Cotswolds auction unveils rare work by Anna Tonelli
Believed to be the work of Anna Tonelli, the piece will be offered for sale by The Cotswold Auction Company at a two-day auction taking place on May 12 and 13.
Anna Tonelli, born Anna Nistri, was an Italian portrait painter active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
The artwork, dated 1794 and believed to be a self-portrait, shows a young woman holding a palette and seated at an easel.
Lindsey Braune, auctioneer at The Cotswold Auction Company, said: “Anna Tonelli was a rarity during the Georgian period – a successful female artist who built a cosmopolitan career across Italy, England and India, mixing with the imperial elite.
“Overshadowed by her male contemporaries at the time, she has recently been rediscovered as an important artist who experienced life in colonial circles at the height of the British empire and created an early visual record of British India.”
Mrs Tonelli’s career took flight through connections with British patrons on the Grand Tour, including the influential Clive family, relatives of Robert Clive, also known as ‘Clive of India.’
She travelled to London in the 1790s, working as a portraitist and art teacher, and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1794 and 1797.
Between 1798 and 1801, she accompanied the Clives to India, producing portraits of British colonial figures as well as local Indian rulers.
Her work is held in prestigious public collections, including the British Museum and the Holburne Museum in Bath.
The self-portrait, valued between £1,500 and £2,000, is signed by Tonelli and dated to the back.
Born Anna Nistri in Florence, she later married violinist and composer Luigi Tonelli.
The Thames Valley Police Abingdon unit arrested a man for “breaching court bail conditions” on Saturday, August 29.
A spokesperson said: “On Saturday, PC Hackett attended reports of a male breaching court bail conditions.
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“With assistance from PC Ellingworth and PC Harvey, the male was arrested. Following a search, a knife was recovered from his possession.”
In a wide ranging update, the force also revealed it had supported in a “concern for welfare incident linked to the night-time economy.
In addition, it had carried out licensing checks across Abingdon with drug wipes used and sent off for testing
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The collision happened on the southbound carriageway between Junction 6 for Lewknor and Junction 5 for Watlington in the late morning on Saturday, August 29.
The emergency services attended the scene and closed the road,
National Highways said lanes two and three of the three-lane motorway were shut as a result while crews dealt with the incident, leading to delays of around 40 minutes.
Congestion was worsened by separate lane closures between Junctions 4 and 5 in both directions following damage to the central reservation from an earlier incident.
Traffic built up on approaches to the crash, with nearby areas including Stokenchurch and Lewknor also affected.
Images from traffic cameras showed long queues of vehicles and emergency workers at the scene throughout the afternoon.
AA Travel also reported that one lane was closed on the northbound carriageway between Handy Cross and Stokenchurch due to emergency repairs.
National Highways later confirmed that all southbound lanes between Junctions 6 and 5 had reopened and that the lane closures linked to the earlier incident were also being removed.
Despite the reopening, delays of around 40 minutes remained on the approach as traffic slowly returned to normal.
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