Francis Towne (British, 1739-1816)
'On the road over the Moor to Tavistock'
signed, inscribed and dated 'No 2/near 1 o'clock/On the road over the Moor to Tavistock/August 29th 1815 Francis Towne' (verso), pen, ink and watercolour
13.9 x 23cm (5 1/2 x 9 1/16in).
signed, inscribed and dated 'No 2/near 1 o'clock/On the road over the Moor to Tavistock/August 29th 1815 Francis Towne' (verso), pen, ink and watercolour
13.9 x 23cm (5 1/2 x 9 1/16in).
Sold for
£6,600
inc. premium
Footnotes
- PROVENANCE:
The Misses Merivale
Mrs. Loveband, a direct descendant of the artist
Acquired from the above by Agnew's, 1937
H. C. Green
Acquired from the above by J. H. Elliot, 1945
By descent to his daughter, 1978
With the Ruskin Gallery, Stratford-on-Avon
EXHIBITED:
London, Agnew's, 1939, no. 108
LITERATURE:
A. P. Oppé, Francis Towne, Landscape Painter, Walpole Society, vol. VIII, 1919-1920, p. 124 (note) referring to a sketchbook which originally contained twenty three watercolours of which this is one.
Category: Fine Art / Pictures
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