Durham with a view of the castle

細節

Francis Towne (1739-1816)
Durham with a view of the castle
signed, inscribed and dated 'No. 3 Durham/August 9. 1811/Francis Towne' (on the reverse)
pencil, grey ink and watercolour, on two joined sheets
6¾ x 19¾ in. (17 x 50 cm.)

來源

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 21 November 1991, lot 9. with Spink-Leger, London.

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拍品專文

Towne began again with his numbering of drawings when he reached Edinburgh as in the same sketch book, there is another drawing numbered '3' and dated 14 August of Edinburgh Castle and Heriot's Hospital, which was sold Christie's, London, 7 April 1992, lot 68.