- Description
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- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
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- A Farm near Henley-on-Thames
- Date
- No date
- Object Type
- Unknown
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- Catalogue Number
- FT649
- Description Sources
- Exhibition catalogues
- Associated People & Organisations
- Untraced
Other entries in Exhibited
Francis Towne
A large Landscape, with a Scene in Shakespeare’s Cymberline
A large Landscape, with a Scene in Shakespeare’s Cymberline
Francis Towne
The Wrekin in Shropshire going off of a storm
The Wrekin in Shropshire going off of a storm
Francis Towne
A View on the River Exe, taken near the Seat of Sir Francis Drake, Devonshire
A View on the River Exe, taken near the Seat of Sir Francis Drake, Devonshire
Francis Towne
Chateau de Blonay near Vevey, at the Head of Lake Geneva
Chateau de Blonay near Vevey, at the Head of Lake Geneva
Francis Towne
The Ruins of La Bathia, near Martigny, Switzerland
The Ruins of La Bathia, near Martigny, Switzerland
Francis Towne
A View in Neptune’s Grotto of the Sybil’s Temple at Tivoli
A View in Neptune’s Grotto of the Sybil’s Temple at Tivoli
Francis Towne
View of the Passage over Mount Splugen in the Alps
View of the Passage over Mount Splugen in the Alps
Francis Towne
View near the Chateau de Chillon at the Head of Lake Geneva
View near the Chateau de Chillon at the Head of Lake Geneva
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Comment
Towne sent his exhibits for the 1808, 1809, and 1810 exhibitions from 39 Queen Ann Street West. No source for the view near Henley is known and Towne’s only known connection with the town is through his childhood friend Josiah Sarney, the son of a farmer of Henley with whom Towne had trained as a coach painter in the 1750s. Although Sarney was living in Windsor by 1810, he retained connections with Henley as he bequeathed £350 to the churchwardens of Henley. Towne must also have remained in touch with his old friend, for he remembered him in his will dated 22 May 1810.