- Description
-
- Creator
- Francis Towne (1739 - 1816)
- Title(s)
-
- Lake Bala
- Date
- 1788
- Medium
- Pencil, watercolour
- Dimensions
-
- image width 394mm,
- image length 692mm
- Mount
- (?) mounted by the artist
- Inscription
-
- sheet, recto, lower right
- “F.Towne delt” and dated “1788”, although this is no longer visible
- Object Type
- Watercolour
-
- Versions
- Lake Bala
- Catalogue Number
- FT550
- Description Sources
- Sotheby’s records; Agnew’s records (image)
Provenance
Commissioned by Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bt (1752–1794), on 28 December 1785 and descended in his family until sold by Sir Richard Thomas Dyke Acland, Bt (1906–1990), at Sotheby’s on 21 November 1968, lot 33, for £1400 to Agnew’s (no.8841), who sold it on 20 January 1969 for £2,500 to a collector, in whose collection it remained until 1997. It was on sale at Agnew’s in 1998 and again at W. S. Fine Art Ltd in 2009.
- Associated People & Organisations
- Private Collection
- W S Fine Art, London, 2009
- Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1998
- Private Collection, 20 January 1969, GBP 2500
- Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 21 November 1968, GBP 2500, no.8841
- Sotheby's, London, London, 21 November 1968, lot 33
- Sir Richard Thomas Acland (1906 - 1990), November 1968
- Lady Henrietta Anne Acland (née Hoare) (1765 - 1841)
- Sir Thomas Dyke Acland (1752 - 1794), Exwick, Exeter, 28 December 1785
- Exhibition History
- 96th Annual Exhibition of Water-Colours and Drawings, Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1969, no. 22
- English Watercolours: Drawings and Small Oil Paintings: Agnew's 125th Annual Exhibition, Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1998, no. 17
- Bibliography
- Paul Oppé, 'Francis Towne, Landscape Painter', The Walpole Society: London, 1920, p. 122
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Much Wenlock, Shropshire, with the Ruins of the Priory Church
Much Wenlock, Shropshire, with the Ruins of the Priory Church
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The Wrekin, on the Road between Much Wenlock and Shrewsbury
The Wrekin, on the Road between Much Wenlock and Shrewsbury
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A View going from the Head of Lake Como over Mount Splugen
A View going from the Head of Lake Como over Mount Splugen
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The Campagna near Rome looking towards the Sabine Mountains
The Campagna near Rome looking towards the Sabine Mountains
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A View of Loreto with Part of the Adriatic Sea
A View of Loreto with Part of the Adriatic Sea
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A View near the Arco Scuro Looking towards the Villa Medici
A View near the Arco Scuro Looking towards the Villa Medici
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An Evening View from Mount Palatine looking towards Mount Aventine
An Evening View from Mount Palatine looking towards Mount Aventine
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A View on the Banks of the Tiber near Monte Milvio
A View on the Banks of the Tiber near Monte Milvio
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A View of the Temple of Venus looking towards the Island of Nisida
A View of the Temple of Venus looking towards the Island of Nisida
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Chateau de Glerolles, near Vevey on Lake Geneva
Chateau de Glerolles, near Vevey on Lake Geneva
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Abbey Valley Crucis, near Llangollen on the River Dee, North Wales
Abbey Valley Crucis, near Llangollen on the River Dee, North Wales
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A View on the Banks of the Dee above Llangollen
A View on the Banks of the Dee above Llangollen
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A View of the Bay of Naples with the Island of Capri
A View of the Bay of Naples with the Island of Capri
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Comment
This drawing is a version of FT072.