- Description
-
- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
-
- Devil's Bridge
- Date
- 1810
- Medium
- Pencil, pen and ink, watercolour
- Dimensions
-
- image width 254mm,
- image width 171mm
- Support
- medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Inscription
-
- sheet, verso
- “The Devil’s Bridge”
- the drawing is laid onto a modern card, obscuring the inscription); museum records state that it is signed and dated 19 August 1810
- Part of
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- 1810 Sketchbook
- Object Type
- Watercolour
-
- Collection
- Catalogue Number
- FT695
- Description Sources
- Examination; Museum records (image)
Provenance
Bequeathed by Francis Towne in 1816 to James White of Exeter (1744–1825), on whose death it passed to Towne’s residuary legatee John Herman Merivale (1779–1844) and his successors. Merivale’s granddaughters Maria Sophia Merivale (1853–1928) and Judith Ann Merivale (1860–1945), both of Oxford, inherited the drawing in May 1915 within a sketchbook containing FT689 to FT714, much or all of which by 1963 was owned by Mr and Mrs Sutton of New Zealand. On 19 June 1963 they sold seventeen drawings from the book, including this one, to the Fine Art Society (no.7772) for £3,750. On 1 July 1964 this drawing (no.7772/3) was sold for £550 to Paul Mellon (1907–1999), who gave it to the current owner, the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven (B1975.4.1413; gift to Yale, December 1975).
- Associated People & Organisations
- Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, December 1975, B1975.4.1413
- Mr Paul Mellon (1907 - 1999), 1 July 1964, GBP 550
- The Fine Art Society, London, London, 19 June 1963, GBP 3750, no.7772/3
- Mr & Mrs Sutton, New Zealand, 1963
- Judith Ann Merivale (1860 - 1945), Oxford, May 1915
The drawing was inherited within a sketchbook containing FT689 to FT714. - Maria Sophia Merivale (1853 - 1928), Oxford, May 1915
The drawing was inherited within a sketchbook containing FT689 to FT714. - John Herman Merivale (1779 - 1844), 1825
- James White (1744 - 1825), Exeter, 1816
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