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Devon landscape
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Francis Towne (1739-1816)
Devon landscape
with inscription 'Francis Towne/From a sketch book signed by the artist./The contiguous sketches were of Devon, several/being inscribed e.g. Fordland, Starcross, Lymp..., etc/by the artist.' (on the reverse)
pen and grey ink and watercolour
4½ x 7 1/8 in. (11.4 x 18.1 cm.)
Devon landscape
with inscription 'Francis Towne/From a sketch book signed by the artist./The contiguous sketches were of Devon, several/being inscribed e.g. Fordland, Starcross, Lymp..., etc/by the artist.' (on the reverse)
pen and grey ink and watercolour
4½ x 7 1/8 in. (11.4 x 18.1 cm.)
Provenance
J.H. Merivale, and by descent in the family.
with The Fine Art Society, London, where purchased by Sir William A. Worsley, July 1946, 40 gns and by descent in the family.
with The Fine Art Society, London, where purchased by Sir William A. Worsley, July 1946, 40 gns and by descent in the family.
Literature
A. Bury, Francis Towne Lone Star of Water-colour Painting, London, 1962, p. 141.
W.A. Worsley, Early English Water-Colours at Hovingham Hall, 1963, no. 49.
W.A. Worsley, Early English Water-Colours at Hovingham Hall, 1963, no. 49.
Exhibited
York, 1949, no. 9.
Leeds, Exhibition of Early English Watercolours, 1958, no. 103.
Leeds, Exhibition of Early English Watercolours, 1958, no. 103.
Special notice
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