Lot Essay
The present picture was one of a large group of pictures sold by Sir Humphrey de Trafford in 1929, which included six works by Charles Towne of which three were dated '1816' and one '1823'.
About to set out, hounds leaving kennels
Details
Charles Towne (1763-1842)
About to set out, hounds leaving kennels
signed and dated 'CHAS. TOWNE/Pinxit-/-1816-' (centre right)
oil on canvas
32 x 42 in. (82.5 x 108 cm.)
About to set out, hounds leaving kennels
signed and dated 'CHAS. TOWNE/Pinxit-/-1816-' (centre right)
oil on canvas
32 x 42 in. (82.5 x 108 cm.)
Provenance
Sir Humphrey de Trafford, Bt.; Christie's, 13 December 1929, lot 145 (1000 gns. to Ackermann).
Purchased from Arthur Ackermann and Son Ltd., London, 11 September 1930.
Purchased from Arthur Ackermann and Son Ltd., London, 11 September 1930.
Literature
W. Shaw Sparrow, A Book of Sporting Painters, London, 1931, illustrated opposite p. 133.
Exhibited
London, Hayward Gallery, Arts Council of Great Britain, British Sporting Painting 1650-1850, 1974, no.121.