Lot Essay
A similar view by Towne exists in the British Museum collection (LBI-8b 1972. U.610)
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Ruin by the road going to Pont Lamentana, Italy
Details
Francis Towne (1740-1816)
Ruin by the road going to Pont Lamentana, Italy
signed and dated 'Francis Towne delt. 1786' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour
12¼ x 18½ in. (31.2 x 47 cm.)
Ruin by the road going to Pont Lamentana, Italy
signed and dated 'Francis Towne delt. 1786' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour
12¼ x 18½ in. (31.2 x 47 cm.)
Provenance
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 20 April 1972, lot 32.
with Spink, London.
with Spink, London.
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