Tothill, Devon

Details

Francis Towne (1739-1816)
Tothill, Devon
signed, inscribed, dated and numbered 'N^o5. Tothill/From 11-12. oclock Aug 31^s^t1815/F.Towne' (on a label on the back of the frame) and further inscribed and numbered (on the reverse)
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour
5½ x 9 in. (14 x 22.8 cm.)

Provenance

Mrs Loveband.
D. Cuthbert.
Major Dent.
with Agnew's, London, 1975.

Exhibited

London, Agnew's, 100^th Annual Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings', 15 January-16 February 1973, no. 20.

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Lot Essay

Towne's 1815 tour is documented from the 28 August to the 5 September and was Towne's last tour. Our work is numbered '5' and is of Tothill 11-12 o'clock, the watercolour numbered '7' is of Tothill from 12-1 o'clock and is in the collection of Museum of Art of Rhode Island School of Design, a further drawing executed on the 31st August is inscribed Plymouth 5-6 o'clock.

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